copperplate
noun
cop·per·plate ˈkä-pər-ˌplāt 
1
: an engraved or etched copper printing plate
also : a print made from such a plate
2
: a neat script handwriting based on engraved models
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National Archives and Records Administration The exhibit features a number of historic papers, including an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, printed from a copperplate of the original. —
Anna Alejo, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor. —Peter Saenger, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021 Those include open studio time every Monday afternoon, as well as copperplate etching with a master printmaker; monotype etching classes; drawing from the south; oil and watercolor painting classes; and Leonardo's Legacy classes. —Sheila D. Grissett, NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021 The resulting copperplate is dated July 4, 1823. —Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2020 Small wooden doors with the owners’ names painted in copperplate. —Steve King, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2018 In Rothenburg, Germany, appreciate the printmakers selling etchings made with the same copperplate techniques that artist Albrecht Duerer used 500 years ago. —Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 25 July 2017
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Anna Alejo, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor. —Peter Saenger, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021 Those include open studio time every Monday afternoon, as well as copperplate etching with a master printmaker; monotype etching classes; drawing from the south; oil and watercolor painting classes; and Leonardo's Legacy classes. —Sheila D. Grissett, NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021 The resulting copperplate is dated July 4, 1823. —Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2020 Small wooden doors with the owners’ names painted in copperplate. —Steve King, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2018 In Rothenburg, Germany, appreciate the printmakers selling etchings made with the same copperplate techniques that artist Albrecht Duerer used 500 years ago. —Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 25 July 2017
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