It is an engraving with text on the back.
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Wood engraving, or xylography, is a common method of letterpress printing that was used towards the end of the 18th century. It was developed from woodcuts by Thomas Bewick in the 19th century.
Templates of drawings, pictures or photographs are transferred to a wooden board cut across the grain with a wooden burin instead of a knife, processed and then printed on paper. Because these wood engravings are printed directly from the woodblock without photomechanical reproduction processes, they are original graphics!
Especially between 1850 and 1900 they were used in books and magazines of the 19th century. Century illustrative purposes. This also explains why wood engravings were almost always printed together with text contributions and often have text on the back. Wood engravings almost always come from print media (newspapers, illustrated magazines or books) of the 19th century. Century.
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Florence (Italian: Firenze) is an Italian city with 361,619 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2016). December 2022). By population, it is the eighth largest city in Italy. Florence is the capital and largest city of the Tuscany region and the metropolitan city of Florence, with a population of about one million. The coat of arms shows the Florentine lily. Florence is famous for its history. As a centre of late medieval European trade and finance, it was one of the richest cities of the 15th century. and 16. Century. Florence is considered the cradle of the Renaissance. Due to its cultural significance – especially for the visual arts – it was already mentioned in the 19th century. In the 19th century it was also called the “Italian Athens”. Thanks to the powerful Medici family dynasty, Florence rose to become one of the most flourishing metropolises in Europe during the Renaissance. Numerous artists and clergymen were based here: Leonardo da Vinci spent large parts of his youth in Florence, Michelangelo found shelter in the Medici church, Galileo Galilei lived as court mathematician in the Medici palaces. From 1865 to 1871 the city was the capital of the newly founded Kingdom of Italy. The historic centre of Florence attracts millions of tourists every year. Euromonitor International ranks the city 40th in the world with almost 4.2 million visitors in 2015. Place among the most visited cities.[3] The historic city center was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. Due to its artistic and architectural heritage, Forbes Magazine has selected Florence as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.[4] It particularly highlights its wealth of museums, palaces and monuments.
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