Color separation proof of balloon vignettes on security paper – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Color separation proof of balloon vignettes on security paper. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Color separation proof of balloon vignettes on security paper
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Few objects in this gallery are as technical as a color separation proof: a set of single-ink sheets printed to check how a design breaks down before a press run. Here the subject is a set of decorative balloon vignettes meant for security paper, the kind of ornamental artwork used on documents such as bonds, checks and certificates, where intricate engraved imagery doubled as a defense against counterfeiting. Printers of the period made these proofs to confirm that each color plate lined up and that the fine line work held up on the paper stock. Ballooning, a popular spectacle of the 19th and early 20th centuries, made the subject a natural choice for ornament, and the proof shows how a romantic image was built from separate printing passes.
| Original scan | 4,888 × 2,884 px · prints to 16 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02557 Embossed Card |
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