Inventor of Nature Printing

Alois Auer was a printer, inventor, and botanical illustrator, most active during the 1840s and 1850s. He produced a number of works in German and other languages, including the first regarding the nature printing process.
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Microscopic view of an insect, 1853 Seven large plates of plant specimens, 1856
Photogravure
This term is a photomechanical process of printmaking, in which a photographic image is transferred to a metal plate that is then printed in intaglio.
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References: https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/alois-auer/m02z4n38?hl=en https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/AUTH227096