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Relief halftones

Scope note

Photomechanical prints that are relief prints and that employ a halftone screen to break up the image into a regular pattern of dots so that gradations of tone may be reproduced.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000154372

Broader Terms used

photoengravings

Equivalent Terms used

relief halftone

Created

13yrs ago

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