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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 3764242, member: 56&quot;]I don&#039;t doubt this is a print. A drypoint as in Deborah&#039;s link.&nbsp; With drypoint, a needle-like stylus is used to draw the image directly on to a plate - scratch it into the plate if you will.&nbsp; The plate is inked and wiped off so that only the scratches retain any color.&nbsp; Then the plate is run through a high pressure press that squeezes the paper into the scratches to pick up the ink.&nbsp; The resultant image does resemble a drawing because it was freely sketched onto the plate.&nbsp; As someone else recently pointed out, drawing lines in this manner raises a burr that helps in catching the ink and softens the line as it goes through the press.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the close-ups of the title and the signature both show that the square outer edge of the image is indented.&nbsp; That is called a plate mark and is an artifact of the paper going through a press under high pressure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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