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Steel engraving is a technique for printing illustrations based on steel instead of copper. It has been rarely used in artistic printmaking, although it was much used for reproductions in the 19th century. Steel engraving was introduced in 1792 by Jacob Perkins (1766–1849), an American inventor, for banknote printing. When Perkins moved to London in 1818, the technique was adapted in 1820 by Charles Warren and especially by Charles Heath (1785–1848) for Thomas Campbell's Pleasures of Hope, which contained the first published plates engraved on steel.[1] The new technique only partially replaced the other commercial techniques of that time such as wood engraving, copper engraving and later lithography.
Landing of Columbus, engraved by the BEP based on Vanderlyn's 1847 painting. This vignette was used as the back of the Series 1875 $5 National Bank Note.
Steelengraving is a technique for printing illustrations based on steel instead of copper. It has been rarely used in artistic printmaking, although it...
engraving, copper-plate engraving or line engraving. Steelengraving is the same technique, on steel or steel-faced plates, and was mostly used for banknotes...
printmaking, and can cover a variety of techniques, giving similar results. Steelengraving is an overlapping term, for images that in fact are often mainly in...
currency, copper-plate engraving allowed for greater detail and production during printing. It was the transition to steelengraving that enabled banknote...
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety...
reportedly similar to the paintings of the Fayum mummy portraits. A steelengraving published by John Sartain in 1885 depicting the painting as described...
now lost but described in an archaeological report and depicted in a steelengraving by John Sartain. The poet Propertius, an eyewitness of Octavian's triumph...
of both the Westminster Kennel Club and its Dog Show is based on a steelengraving by artist J. Wellstood of Sensation, a Pointer brought over from England...
British artist, best known for his numerous drawings rendered into steelengravings. Bartlett was born in Kentish Town, London in 1809. He was apprenticed...
A steelengraving from the 1850s, which depicts the creative activities of Prajapati, a Vedic deity who presides over procreation and protection of life...
specialising in steelengraving, historical bibliography, history of libraries and fine art librarianship. He wrote three books on steelengraving and was among...
Alexander I The reverse of Alexander's seal, enhanced as a 19th-century steelengraving King of Alba Reign 8 January 1107 – 23 April 1124 Predecessor Edgar...
money or favour can induce me to lend my Darling again". Hogarth's steelengraving by James Tibbits Willmore, who had often engraved Turners, was published...
Laser engraving is the practice of using lasers to engrave an object. Laser marking, on the other hand, is a broader category of methods to leave marks...
Brabantio Othello character Brabantio with Desdemona and Othello in a steelengraving of a painting by Charles West Cope, (1873) Created by William Shakespeare...
who, together with Karl Ludwig Frommel founded the first studio for steelengraving in Germany. Bobby Brooks Winkles (1930–2020) was an American baseball...
Steelengraving and enhancement of the reverse side of the Great Seal of David I, a picture in the Anglo-Continental style depicting David as a warrior...
who, together with Karl Ludwig Frommel founded the first studio for steelengraving in Germany. In 1836, with Benjamin Winkles, he produced and helped...
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