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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 869062, member: 56"]The Louvre has a collection of original printing plates from up to hundreds of years ago. These plates are catalogued and people can order modern prints pulled from old plates. They are well done, but decorator pieces. So it's probably quite recent and not of great value. You may be able to find older versions of the same print online.</p><p><br /></p><p>There's probably a Louvre watermark in the paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chalcography is just a fancy name for copper plate prints.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 869062, member: 56"]The Louvre has a collection of original printing plates from up to hundreds of years ago. These plates are catalogued and people can order modern prints pulled from old plates. They are well done, but decorator pieces. So it's probably quite recent and not of great value. You may be able to find older versions of the same print online. There's probably a Louvre watermark in the paper. Chalcography is just a fancy name for copper plate prints.[/QUOTE]
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