英语词汇“proof before the letter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Printmaking. Originally: an impression taken from an engraved block or plate, a lithographic stone, a silk-screen, etc., so that the artist or printmaker can examine the state of a work in progress. Now also: each of a number of impressions from an engraved plate, especially (in commercial printing) of a limited number before the ordinary issue is printed and before an inscription or signature is added (in full proof before letters, (now rare) proof before the letter). Hence more broadly: any impression of an original print on an unbound sheet. artist's (also engraver's) proof n. (originally) an impression made for examination or alteration by the artist or engraver; (now) an impression made before or outside the numbered edition of a print. letter (also lettered) proof n. a signed and captioned proof. signed proof n. a proof impression signed by the artist. marked, remarque, touched, trial, wax proof: see the first elements.

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1663 W. Dugdale Let. 4 Feb. in Chetham Misc. (1851) I. I have, hereinclosed, sent you a proof of the plate for your worthy fathers picture [sc. Hollar's engraving of the portrait of Sir Randolph Crew].

1758 R. Dossie Handmaid to Arts II. 206 [Of Engraving] By a proof is understood, the first, second, and third sheets, that are printed off from a new plate.

1789 J. Edwards Catal. Select Coll. Anc. & Mod. Bks. 14 Monte Parnasso, from Raphael, proof before the letter.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 590/1 Proofs of Prints were anciently a few impressions taken off in the course of an engraver's process,..and when they were complete.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xi. 119 The lights are less clear in the later impressions than in the proofs.

1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) vii. 65 The panels were covered with the choicest engravings (all proofs-before-letters).

1860 Times 10 Feb. 12 Christ Weeping over Jerusalem, lettered proof.

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Apr. 3/1 An artist's proof..originally meant that proof of an engraving which was sent to the artist for approval and remarks. But the term..is now applied to a certain number of early impressions carefully made, and signed by the artist.

1903 New Internat. Encycl. XIV. 566/2 Proofs made from the unlettered plate are called generally proofs before the letter or proofs before any letter.

1965 C. Zigrosser & C. M. Gaehde Guide to Collecting Orig. Prints 15 If there is no indication that it is a reproduction, it might easily be mistaken for a signed proof—that is to say, an original print by him.

1971 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 11 609 (caption) [Blake's] Jerusalem, Frontispiece—Lettered proof in the collection of Geoffrey Keynes.

1985 R. Terdiman Discourse/Counter-discourse ii. 183 Production was for some reason arrested at the stage of proofs ‘before the letter’.

1992 Fly Rod & Reel Jan. 87/2 (advt.) The edition is limited to 350 prints; the 35 artist's proofs are $110 each; and the 25 pencil remarques are $135 each.

2004 Y. Peyré & H. G. Fletcher Art Deco Bookbindings 61 A suite of lithographs by Maurice Denis, proof before letters, without the text.

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释义	> as lemmas proof before the letter c. Printmaking. Originally: an impression taken from an engraved block or plate, a lithographic stone, a silk-screen, etc., so that the artist or printmaker can examine the state of a work in progress. Now also: each of a number of impressions from an engraved plate, especially (in commercial printing) of a limited number before the ordinary issue is printed and before an inscription or signature is added (in full proof before letters, (now rare) proof before the letter). Hence more broadly: any impression of an original print on an unbound sheet. artist's (also engraver's) proof n. (originally) an impression made for examination or alteration by the artist or engraver; (now) an impression made before or outside the numbered edition of a print. letter (also lettered) proof n. a signed and captioned proof. signed proof n. a proof impression signed by the artist. marked, remarque, touched, trial, wax proof: see the first elements. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > proof or state proof1663 state1768 touch proof1831 1663 W. Dugdale Let. 4 Feb. in Chetham Misc. (1851) I. I have, hereinclosed, sent you a proof of the plate for your worthy fathers picture [sc. Hollar's engraving of the portrait of Sir Randolph Crew]. 1758 R. Dossie Handmaid to Arts II. 206 [Of Engraving] By a proof is understood, the first, second, and third sheets, that are printed off from a new plate. 1789 J. Edwards Catal. Select Coll. Anc. & Mod. Bks. 14 Monte Parnasso, from Raphael, proof before the letter. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 590/1 Proofs of Prints were anciently a few impressions taken off in the course of an engraver's process,..and when they were complete. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xi. 119 The lights are less clear in the later impressions than in the proofs. 1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) vii. 65 The panels were covered with the choicest engravings (all proofs-before-letters). 1860 Times 10 Feb. 12 Christ Weeping over Jerusalem, lettered proof. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Apr. 3/1 An artist's proof..originally meant that proof of an engraving which was sent to the artist for approval and remarks. But the term..is now applied to a certain number of early impressions carefully made, and signed by the artist. 1903 New Internat. Encycl. XIV. 566/2 Proofs made from the unlettered plate are called generally proofs before the letter or proofs before any letter. 1965 C. Zigrosser & C. M. Gaehde Guide to Collecting Orig. Prints 15 If there is no indication that it is a reproduction, it might easily be mistaken for a signed proof—that is to say, an original print by him. 1971 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 11 609 (caption) [Blake's] Jerusalem, Frontispiece—Lettered proof in the collection of Geoffrey Keynes. 1985 R. Terdiman Discourse/Counter-discourse ii. 183 Production was for some reason arrested at the stage of proofs ‘before the letter’. 1992 Fly Rod & Reel Jan. 87/2 (advt.) The edition is limited to 350 prints; the 35 artist's proofs are $110 each; and the 25 pencil remarques are $135 each. 2004 Y. Peyré & H. G. Fletcher Art Deco Bookbindings 61 A suite of lithographs by Maurice Denis, proof before letters, without the text. extracted from proofn. < as lemmas
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