In May 1874, Mexico issued a group of stamps designed and printed by the American Bank Note Company in New York, which were professionally designed and printed using steel engraving, and issued with perforations.
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The British were leaders in the field, with their steel engraving process, which was patented in London in 1826, which replaced the older copper engraving technology and enabled accurate representations and long print runs.
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So steel engraving also used etching ( q . v . ), where acid creates the lines in the plates in the pattern made by selectively removing a thin coating of acid-resistant ground by tools.
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When steel engraving was introduced to the art world in the 1820s by Jacob Perkins, in 1824 Turrell received three gold medals from the Society of Arts for his etching fluid, composed of pyroligneous acid, nitric acid, and alcohol.
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Moreover, while U . S . stamps had always been steel engraved, the first Confederate issues did not employ this state-of-the-art technique, instead being lithographed ( 1861 ) and typographed ( 1862 ), before steel engraving finally was adopted in 1863.
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Moreover, while U . S . stamps had always been steel engraved, the first Confederate issues did not employ this state-of-the-art technique, instead being lithographed ( 1861 ) and typographed ( 1862 ), before steel engraving finally was adopted in 1863.
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The interior of her lushly decorated home in Fayetteville reflects the creative passion that runs in the family; steel engravings that she tinted join China pieces hand-painted by her grandmother and an elegant quilt and many handmade ornaments created by her mother.
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Steel engraving of Brady portrait of Thomas Durant " Like Samson he would not hesitate to pull down the temple even if it meant burying himself along with his enemies . " Durant had a ruthless reputation for squeezing friend and foe for personal gain.
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Steel engraving is the same technique, on steel or steel-faced plates, and was mostly used for banknotes, illustrations for books, magazines and reproductive prints, letterheads and similar uses from about 1790 to the early 20th century, when the technique became less popular, except for banknotes and other forms of security printing.
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Steel engraving is an overlapping term, for images that in fact are often mainly in etching, mostly used for banknotes, illustrations for books, magazines and decorative prints, often reproductive, from about 1820 to the early 20th century, when the technique became less used . " Copperplate engraving " is another somewhat outdated term for engravings.
