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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 367213, member: 56"]I can't tell. There seems to be abrasion to the surface that suggest the pigment is fragile, more so than I might expect with printing inks. Could be paint or ink washes. Not to say it couldn't be a print. It might be a reproduction of a painting.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's strange that it's on laid paper. I would expect a print to be on wove, and heavier. But I'm really talking through my hat.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks to me like there may be a watermark on the paper. Hold the paper up to a light to see if there's an embedded mark. I haven't had a lot of luck searching watermarks, but if there is one it might help to ID the paper.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]125817[/ATTACH]</p><p>I see an oval (or a letter C) with rays coming off the outside, and possibly that's just part of something much larger..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 367213, member: 56"]I can't tell. There seems to be abrasion to the surface that suggest the pigment is fragile, more so than I might expect with printing inks. Could be paint or ink washes. Not to say it couldn't be a print. It might be a reproduction of a painting. It's strange that it's on laid paper. I would expect a print to be on wove, and heavier. But I'm really talking through my hat. It looks to me like there may be a watermark on the paper. Hold the paper up to a light to see if there's an embedded mark. I haven't had a lot of luck searching watermarks, but if there is one it might help to ID the paper. [ATTACH=full]125817[/ATTACH] I see an oval (or a letter C) with rays coming off the outside, and possibly that's just part of something much larger..[/QUOTE]
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