chemigraphyn.

Brit.

/ˌkɛˈmɪɡrəfi/, U.S.

/ˌkɛˈmɪɡrəfi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: chemical adj., -graphy comb. form.

Etymology: < chemi- (in chemical adj.) + -graphy comb. form, probably after German Chemigraphie (1852 or earlier). Compare earlier chemitype n. and also chemio- , variant of chemo- comb. form.

Printing. Now historical.

A method of relief printing in which chemicals are used to etch a metal plate on which a drawing has been made, or (in later use) on to which a photograph has been transferred. Cf. chemitype n.Zinc was the metal most commonly used.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > relief engraving > [noun] > other techniques

gypsography1840

chemigraphy1853

cameo-embossing1878

chemigraph1892

line-work1895

blind printing1904

gauffrage1904

1853 Times 14 Dec. 12/3 Newly invented processes of printing sketches and pictures... Chemigraphy, galvanoplasty, stylography, [etc.].

1909 Burlington Mag. Aug. 324/2 The Exhibition Palace at Dresden is occupied this year by a huge International Exhibition of Photography and Chemigraphy.

1911 B. E. Jones Cycl. Photogr. 102/1 Chemigraphy, a general name, not often used now, for zinc etching.

1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 8/1 In 1870 he [sc. Carl Angerer] developed the so-called Vienna process to which he gave the name ‘chemigraphy’.

1996 Jrnl. Design Hist. 9 83 Chemical Impressions, comprising Lithography, Zincography. Chemigraphy. [etc.].

Derivatives

cheˈmigrapher n. a person who produces printing plates by means of chemigraphy.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > photomechanical or process printing > [noun] > other processes > print-makers

photo-ceramist1894

chemigrapher1897

1897 H. W. Singer & W. Strang Etching 25 Whatever niceties the chemigrapher or white-line woodcutter can manage to put upon his block will come out in the printing.

1969 Brit. Patent 941,837 3/1 It is suitable to bond the plates or sheets firmly to a rigid or flexible base prior to or after processing in order to facilitate the work of the printer and chemigrapher.

1978 O. J. Groeg Who's Who in Arts (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) (ed. 2) I. 531 1955-59 training in chemigraphy; worked as a chemigrapher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chemigraphy
释义	chemigraphyn. Brit. /ˌkɛˈmɪɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌkɛˈmɪɡrəfi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: chemical adj., -graphy comb. form. Etymology: < chemi- (in chemical adj.) + -graphy comb. form, probably after German Chemigraphie (1852 or earlier). Compare earlier chemitype n. and also chemio- , variant of chemo- comb. form. Printing. Now historical. A method of relief printing in which chemicals are used to etch a metal plate on which a drawing has been made, or (in later use) on to which a photograph has been transferred. Cf. chemitype n.Zinc was the metal most commonly used. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > relief engraving > [noun] > other techniques gypsography1840 chemigraphy1853 cameo-embossing1878 chemigraph1892 line-work1895 blind printing1904 gauffrage1904 1853 Times 14 Dec. 12/3 Newly invented processes of printing sketches and pictures... Chemigraphy, galvanoplasty, stylography, [etc.]. 1909 Burlington Mag. Aug. 324/2 The Exhibition Palace at Dresden is occupied this year by a huge International Exhibition of Photography and Chemigraphy. 1911 B. E. Jones Cycl. Photogr. 102/1 Chemigraphy, a general name, not often used now, for zinc etching. 1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 8/1 In 1870 he [sc. Carl Angerer] developed the so-called Vienna process to which he gave the name ‘chemigraphy’. 1996 Jrnl. Design Hist. 9 83 Chemical Impressions, comprising Lithography, Zincography. Chemigraphy. [etc.]. Derivatives cheˈmigrapher n. a person who produces printing plates by means of chemigraphy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > photomechanical or process printing > [noun] > other processes > print-makers photo-ceramist1894 chemigrapher1897 1897 H. W. Singer & W. Strang Etching 25 Whatever niceties the chemigrapher or white-line woodcutter can manage to put upon his block will come out in the printing. 1969 Brit. Patent 941,837 3/1 It is suitable to bond the plates or sheets firmly to a rigid or flexible base prior to or after processing in order to facilitate the work of the printer and chemigrapher. 1978 O. J. Groeg Who's Who in Arts (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) (ed. 2) I. 531 1955-59 training in chemigraphy; worked as a chemigrapher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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