heliogravure

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The statue, reproduced here from a heliogravure, is life-sized, and represents a nude youth, of archaic type.

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  1. Photo-engraving, or a print obtained by this process; strictly, a photo-engraved metal plate. See heliotypy and photo-engraving. Also called helio-engraving.

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  1. from French héliogravure, from Greek ἥλιος, the sun, + French gravure, engraving.
 

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