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Dear Jan,
it seems clear that you bought a Hollar's long view of Prague which
has not been pulled around 1700 but decidely later. The matter is to
discover whether you have bought an ancient pull (printed around the
last quarter of the XVIII century from the original copperplates) or
a modern reprint.
Unfortunately, you must be an expert to check whether the paper is
old or not! I may just give you two suggestions.
Quite often, especially for paper made in the Whatman's mills, there
is the name of the producer (Whatman) or a date on the bottom of the
sheet. Please, look careflully at the sheets against a light and
check wheter there is any trace of watermark: i.e. the higher part of
W or t of Whatman's name, or the upper part of date partially cut for
reducing the paper to the desired dimension, or any mark you may find
out with the inspection.
You may also chek with the coppermark; it should apper on the border
of the sheets and it must be not precise and regular, but has to show
some irregularities in depth and in direction. Furthermore, the view
is made on at least two sheets thus there should be a "jump" of the
coppermark in the junction of the sheets.
That's all I may suggest you. Last step: go to an expert on prints
and paper.
Ciao.
vladimiro
Il giorno 20/ago/09, alle ore 16:05, Jan Rybar ha scritto:
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Dear Maphist members,
I am writing to ask for help with a puzzle I am not able to crack.
My question is: can there be a laid paper without chain-lines?
I just bought a Hollar´s long view of Prague (to be found mostly in
Merian), the quality and recorded catalogue state suggest it must
have been printed probably in Antwerpen not later then cca 1700 -
but the paper (old on sight and touch) is without any visible
chains. But wove paper could not have existed than...
So I am just totaly lost... Could not you help me with an explanation?
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Jan Rybář, Prague
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