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Les Hirondelles (The swallows) by Felix Bracquemond
Les Hirondelles, or The swallows, is an 1882 print by French artist Felix Bracquemond (1833-1914). Bracquemond is today celebrated for his efforts to revive the printmaking …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2020/09/09/les-hirondelles-the-swallows-by-felix-bracquemond
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On romanticising struggles past and present: Print Collection intern Adelaide Greig speaks about history, the pandemic and the importance of university communities
Albrecht Dürer’s Melancholia is arguably one of the most famous prints in the Baillieu Library Print Collection. There have been many interpretations of the engraving—from its …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2020/08/31/on-romanticising-struggles-past-and-present-print-collection-intern-adelaide-greig-speaks-about-history-the-pandemic-and-the-importance-of-university-communities
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“Mr. Shuter, Mr Quick, and Mrs Green in the characters of Hardcastle, Tony Lumpkin, and Mrs. Hardcastle”, a mezzotint by Robert Laurie
This charming mezzotint (1776) by Robert Laurie is an engraving of Thomas Parkinson’s painting of the same year, Mr. Shuter, with Mr. Quick, and Mrs. Green, …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2020/08/24/mr-shuter-mr-quick-and-mrs-green-in-the-characters-of-hardcastle-tom-lumpkin-and-mrs-hardcastle-a-mezzotint-by-robert-laurie
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Seeing science in early encyclopaedias
In honour of National Science Week from the 15th to the 23rd of August 2020, we dive into the Special Collections to look at Enlightenment era …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2020/08/17/seeing-science-in-early-encyclopaedias
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Methods of intaglio printing: Engraving versus etching
Intaglio printing is the opposite of relief printing. This term encompasses a variety of print-making methods in which an image is created as incised sunken lines …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2020/07/30/methods-of-intaglio-printing-engraving-versus-etching
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