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E46 - The Etcher and The Engraver
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E46 - The Intaglio Printers
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E46 - The Etcher and The Engraver
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E46 - The Etcher and The Engraver

These Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) etchings depicting his printmaking studio in Paris are being shown at BAM because, although they are not maps, they are beautiful illustrations of the printmaking techniques utilized in the 16th to the 18th centuries to create works on paper, whether they were artistic or cartographic creations.

Bosse was one of the leading French printmakers of the 17th century. He was also an author and teacher who wrote a famous treatise on printmaking techniques.

“Graveurs en taille douce au burin et à l'eau forte” (The Etcher and The Engraver)

This is an etching by Abraham Bosse, published in 1643. It demonstrates two techniques (etching and engraving) for creating grooves in a copper plate that represent the desired image or map in reverse. When inked and pressed into paper, as in the 2nd etching, it transfers the image to the paper in the proper orientation. The Richard & Leslie Breiman Collection.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360021

https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/engraver-and-etcher-l5401966

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/72665/the-engraver-and-the-etcher

Richard Breiman to present to Bay Area Map Group, part of California Map Society, on July 25, 2020.

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E46 - The Intaglio Printers
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E46 - The Intaglio Printers

These Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) etchings depicting his printmaking studio in Paris are being shown at BAM because, although they are not maps, they are beautiful illustrations of the printmaking techniques utilized in the 16th to the 18th centuries to create works on paper, whether they were artistic or cartographic creations.

Bosse was one of the leading French printmakers of the 17th century. He was also an author and teacher who wrote a famous treatise on printmaking techniques.

“Les Imprimeurs en taille-douce” (The Intaglio Printers)

This Bosse etching was published in 1642. It demonstrates the process of transferring the image or map from the copper plate, which was created by an etcher or an engraver, as in the 1st print, to paper. The Richard & Leslie Breiman Collection.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/348296

https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/intaglio-printers-l1966

Richard Breiman to present to Bay Area Map Group, part of California Map Society, on July 25, 2020.

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E46 - The Etcher and The Engraver

These Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) etchings depicting his printmaking studio in Paris are being shown at BAM because, although they are not maps, they are beautiful illustrations of the printmaking techniques utilized in the 16th to the 18th centuries to create works on paper, whether they were artistic or cartographic creations.

Bosse was one of the leading French printmakers of the 17th century. He was also an author and teacher who wrote a famous treatise on printmaking techniques.

“Graveurs en taille douce au burin et à l'eau forte” (The Etcher and The Engraver)

This is an etching by Abraham Bosse, published in 1643. It demonstrates two techniques (etching and engraving) for creating grooves in a copper plate that represent the desired image or map in reverse. When inked and pressed into paper, as in the 2nd etching, it transfers the image to the paper in the proper orientation. The Richard & Leslie Breiman Collection.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360021

https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/engraver-and-etcher-l5401966

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/72665/the-engraver-and-the-etcher

Richard Breiman to present to Bay Area Map Group, part of California Map Society, on July 25, 2020.

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These Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) etchings depicting his printmaking studio in Paris are being shown at BAM because, although they are not maps, they are beautiful illustrations of the printmaking techniques utilized in the 16th to the 18th centuries to create works on paper, whether they were artistic or cartographic creations.

Bosse was one of the leading French printmakers of the 17th century. He was also an author and teacher who wrote a famous treatise on printmaking techniques.

“Les Imprimeurs en taille-douce” (The Intaglio Printers)

This Bosse etching was published in 1642. It demonstrates the process of transferring the image or map from the copper plate, which was created by an etcher or an engraver, as in the 1st print, to paper. The Richard & Leslie Breiman Collection.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/348296

https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/intaglio-printers-l1966

Richard Breiman to present to Bay Area Map Group, part of California Map Society, on July 25, 2020.

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An etcher working on a copper plate with a needle to scratch the ground, which allows acid to bite the plate there.
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An engraver working on a copper plate with a burin (an incising tool).
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A painting that the etcher is reproducing.
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A painting that the engraver is reproducing.
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Containers of ground that the etcher applies to the plate before working on it to protect it from acid.
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An aristocratic potential print buyer.
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Two Capuchin (Franciscan) friars examine religious prints.
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This is a crack in the copper plate that occurred in the 17th century resembling a paper tear when printed.
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Another crack or a continuation of the crack at pin #8.
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The acid bath. After the etcher has finished his scratching his design in the ground covered plate, he will dip it in the acid which will "bite" into the plate where the ground has been removed.
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A print shop worker applying ink to a copper plate.
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A worker wiping off the ink from the plate with the palm of his right hand or with the rag which he holds in his left hand. This leaves ink in the grooves, which will be transferred to the paper in the press.
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A printing press operator applying pressure to the plate and paper while rolling them through the press.
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An intaglio printing press with a copper plate, paper and a covering cloth. The worker is applying pressure to transfer ink to the damp paper, while rolling the table through the press.
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Printing supplies, including containers of ink.
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Packages of paper in various sizes for printing.
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Damp prints hanging to dry.
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Dried prints.
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A container of ink and an ink applicator.
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