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All of Hogarth's prints were created through etching or engraving
processes which entail incising lines into a metal plate.
Etching involves the creation of lines in the plate with acid,
while engraving involves carving lines directly into the metal
plate.
In an effort to elucidate and emphasize the technical dimension
of Hogarth's prints, this segment of the exhibition presents
the etching and engraving of a single plate which represents
a detail of Hogarth's Strolling Actresses. This plate
and the documentation of its production were created by four
of the co- curators of Hogarth Reconsidered who participated
in a printmaking course taught by William Cass, a Chicago-based
graphic artist and head of the Print Studio in the Department
of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University.
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