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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1084192, member: 12007"]If the originals are aquatints, as you say the Alken's were, what usually happened was that when the clarity of the image started to decline (due to the number of impressions), the original publisher would either re-engrave the plate (seldom seen) or more usually sell the plate to another publisher who would then re-engrave the faded aquatint and enhance the outlines by line engraving. The resulting later engraved edition would then be sold for a fraction of the original price by the second publisher. </p><p>When THAT plate was pretty much "done in", the plate would be sold off and re-engraved again and by this time the copperplate title would be so worn as it needed to be replaced. </p><p><br /></p><p>These late editions can be spotted easily as the title is often in block letters not copperplate script.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the plate was completely worn out, especially with super popular artists like Alken, the plates were sold off and re-engraved yet again, commonly by French publishers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1084192, member: 12007"]If the originals are aquatints, as you say the Alken's were, what usually happened was that when the clarity of the image started to decline (due to the number of impressions), the original publisher would either re-engrave the plate (seldom seen) or more usually sell the plate to another publisher who would then re-engrave the faded aquatint and enhance the outlines by line engraving. The resulting later engraved edition would then be sold for a fraction of the original price by the second publisher. When THAT plate was pretty much "done in", the plate would be sold off and re-engraved again and by this time the copperplate title would be so worn as it needed to be replaced. These late editions can be spotted easily as the title is often in block letters not copperplate script. When the plate was completely worn out, especially with super popular artists like Alken, the plates were sold off and re-engraved yet again, commonly by French publishers.[/QUOTE]
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