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Quick access : Dames de Rosans Lithograph mixed techniques series over time etching oeuvres sur tissu marouflé les cases infographies natures mortes quidams portraits nus nus-lithographies dessins Portraits imaginaires |  A method of making prints from a metal plate, usually copper, into which the design has been incised by acid. The copperplate is first coated with an acid-resistant substance, called the etching ground, through which the design is drawn with a sharp tool. The ground is usually a compound of beeswax, bitumen, and resin. The plate is then exposed to nitric acid or dutch mordant, which eats away those areas of the plate unprotected by the ground, forming a pattern of recessed lines. These lines hold the ink, and, when the plate is applied to moist paper, the design transfers to the paper, making a finished print. Formation:
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