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Gypsography

Scope note

Primarily a 19th-century process of printing from a thin cast from either a bas-relief model or an engraved surface; originally involving the use of gypsum or plaster of Paris.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000254131

Broader Terms used

<printmaking processes>

Created

13yrs ago

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