Details
•Title: Suwa Temple At Nagasaki (Japan)
•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 the Suwa Temple in Nagasaki. Great condition, perfect for framing! Please examine the images for a better idea of condition, there may be small imperfections. Slight crease marks.
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
•Title: Suwa Temple At Nagasaki (Japan)
•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 the Suwa Temple in Nagasaki. Great condition, perfect for framing! Please examine the images for a better idea of condition, there may be small imperfections. Slight crease marks.
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