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Photogravures

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Photomechanical prints produced by the process called photogravure, in which the metal printing plate is prepared using a bichromate process, leaving a gelatin resist of varying thickness. The plate is etched to form cells of varying depth able to hold different amounts of ink. If done with an aquatint grain, use "photoaquatints.".

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Admission tickets and broadside announcing Booker T. Washington 1910 speech to the North Carolina Business League, 1910 November 1

 File — Oversize-folder 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197239116251]
Identifier: MSS 6223 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 File 2
Scope and Contents

Broadside with photogravure of Booker T. Washington, with his name printed at the bottom. An inscription in blue pencil has been added, reading, "Will speak at colored graded school auditorium Nov. 1, 1910 at 8 o'clock p.m." Includes two admission tickets.

Dates: 1910 November 1

Frederick Hollyer portrait of Julian Alden Weir, 1890-1910

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197233601118], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS P 78 Series 1 Item 24
Scope and Contents

Julian Alden Weir portrait photographed by Frederick Hollyer, circa 1890-1910. Weir is sitting with his thumbs in his vest.

Dates: 1890-1910