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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 430077, member: 56&quot;]I honestly hate to be a party pooper, but I still think they are not the same plate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even allowing for how crummy the photos are, look at the differences in the draperies:</p><p><br /></p><p>OP&#039;s woodblock:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]150590[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1853 printing:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]150591[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>OP&#039;s woodblock:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]150592[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1853 printing:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]150593[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And you can&#039;t say the block was reworked for later editions because it exists in its current state, and if detail was worn down and removed for later editions, you would see that in the block.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what to say.&nbsp; They are clearly identical compositions, but they don&#039;t look to me to be the same plates.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book went through a lot of printings, so maybe OP&#039;s engraving is in some other printing.&nbsp; Maybe at some point, one set of blocks was replaced by another set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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