{"product_id":"bradbury-henry-plate-92bis","title":"Bradbury, Henry  Plate 92bis","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Bradbury.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePlate 92bis\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrom Thomas Moore’s British Ferns.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLondon: Bradbury \u0026amp; Evans, 1859.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e9 ½ x 6 (paper).\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNature printed intaglio prints.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePrinted in colors.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFull margins.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eVery good condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA print from an unusual group that used the rare process of \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e‘\u003c\/i\u003enature printing.\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNature printing is not a single process, but includes any process where actual plant specimens are used to make prints.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe earliest known attempt at nature printing was by Leonardo da Vinci who printed images of plants by inking the plants and then pressing them by hand onto the paper.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis process was used infrequently into the eighteenth century, but proved unsatisfactory due to the problems of getting uniform impressions and wear on the plants, the latter of which extremely limited the number of prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the nineteenth century a new method of nature printing that was more successful was developed in London and Vienna.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe plant was not used directly to make the print, but instead was used to make a metal plate.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis process involved laying the plant to be illustrated on top of a plate of soft lead.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe plant was then covered with a hard steel plate, and this sandwich was run through an intaglio printing press.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe pressure forced the image of the plant into the soft lead, and this impression was transferred to a copper plate by electrotyping and a reverse plate made from that for printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThere are very few examples of nature printing in the history of botanical prints, and Bradbury\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003es ferns are probably as fine as any.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNot only was Bradbury\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003es process a success, but ferns lend themselves nicely to this process.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEach print precisely and delicately traces the image of the plants, capturing the detail of nature itself almost \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e‘\u003c\/i\u003efirst hand.\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBesides their considerable historic interest, these prints are most attractive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Philadelphia Print Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54111419531477,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0519\/4720\/8865\/files\/Bradbury92bisc.jpg?v=1782400445","url":"https:\/\/philaprintshop.com\/products\/bradbury-henry-plate-92bis","provider":"Philadelphia Print Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}