Details
•Title: In The Barber Shop
•Year: 1860
•Approx. Print Size (inches): 9 x 11.7 (large)
•Approx. Print Size (cm): 23 x 29.5 (large)
•Provenance: All Around The World, An Illustrated Record Of Voyages, Travels, And Adventures.
•Verso: No printing
•Publisher: Selmar Hess, New York
Description
We are pleased to be offering this 155+ year old print! It comes from a collection of beautiful fine engravings and photogravures published by Selmar Hess in 1860. This fine photogravure printed on thicker stock paper shows a typical barber scene in India around 1860. Great condition, perfect for framing! Please examine the images for a better idea of condition, there may be small imperfections.
A photogravure, or "gravure", is a photographic image produced from a copper engraving plate. The process is rarely used today due to the high costs involved, but it produces prints which have the subtlety of a photograph and the art quality of a lithograph.
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•Title: In The Barber Shop
•Year: 1860
•Approx. Print Size (inches): 9 x 11.7 (large)
•Approx. Print Size (cm): 23 x 29.5 (large)
•Provenance: All Around The World, An Illustrated Record Of Voyages, Travels, And Adventures.
•Verso: No printing
•Publisher: Selmar Hess, New York
Description
We are pleased to be offering this 155+ year old print! It comes from a collection of beautiful fine engravings and photogravures published by Selmar Hess in 1860. This fine photogravure printed on thicker stock paper shows a typical barber scene in India around 1860. Great condition, perfect for framing! Please examine the images for a better idea of condition, there may be small imperfections.
A photogravure, or "gravure", is a photographic image produced from a copper engraving plate. The process is rarely used today due to the high costs involved, but it produces prints which have the subtlety of a photograph and the art quality of a lithograph.
IC07 1AATW