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A Matter of Fact
1900ca. 19th century
6 in. x 8 in. (15.24 cm x 20.32 cm)
William Strang, Scottish, (1859–1921)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
Europe, England
Medium and Support:
etching with aquatint on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection
Accession Number:
1998.038
From portfolio Thirty Illustrations to Rudyard Kipling's Short Stories, Macmillan & Co., 1901. A Matter of Fact envisions the strange expertience of three newspapermen while on board a tramp steamer out of Cape Town, South Africa. According to a news account, they see "a great sea-serpent, blind, white and smelling of musk, stricken to death by a submarine volcano, and assisted by his loving wife to die in mid-ocean." The newspaperment, initially excited at the prospect of having the "scoop of the century," ultimately understand that no one will believe this "matter of fact."
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19th Century,
aquatint (printing process)*,
aquatints (prints)*,
etching (printing process)*,
etchings (prints)*,
paper (fiber product)*,
photoaquatint (process)*,
prints (visual works)*,
Scottish*
- 19th Century
- aquatint (printing process) - A printing process in which resin or other substance is applied to a plate to make a porous ground, and the plate is then heated and etched, producing a range of tonal value; often combined with line work.
- aquatints (prints) - Prints produced from designs created by the aquatint process, by which a printing plate is covered with a coating and etched so as to create a range of tonal values, often combined with line work.
- etching (printing process) - Intaglio process in which the design is worked into an acid-resistant substance coating the metal printing plate; the plate is then exposed to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed, to create lines and dark areas. For the single step of exposing the plate to acid, use "biting."
- etchings (prints) - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- photoaquatint (process) - A variant of photogravure in which the plate is dusted with rosin to create an irregular grain pattern with enhanced ink-holding capabilities.
- prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
- Scottish - Refers to the culture of the modern country of Scotland, or in general to cultures that have occupied the northern part of the island of Great Britain.
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