(Original 4 x 3.)
I trust, however, enough has been said to give a general idea to the uninitiated of how we arrive at the dotted ink print, which we recognise as a reproduction from a photogram, or wash-drawing, or indeed anything which is similarly made up of flat tints.
HALF-TONE FROM PHOTOGRAM—THE BLOCK ENGRAVED ON BY HAND.
(Original 4 x 3.)
It will, of course, have been understood that the ruled "screen," which is interposed between the picture to be copied and the plate on which it is copied, will appear over the whole of the copy negative, whether the image extend so far or not, so that, in the reproduction, even what should be blank whites will be covered with the fine black dots or grain, though more widely separated by little white spaces.
ON SLAPTON LEY, SOUTH DEVON.
Photogram touched up by hand—block untouched.