W. A. Leggo and G. E. Desbarats : Canadian Pioneers in Photomechanical Reproduction

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W. A. Leggo and G. E. Desbarats : Canadian Pioneers in Photomechanical Reproduction
Abstract
The author points out that credit for the invention of the halftone printing process usually has been assigned to several individuals, including Stephen Horgan, Frederick E. Ives, George Meisenbach, the Jaffe brothers and Max Levy. However, she maintains. such credit fails to recognize the achievement of two Montrealers, William Augustus Leggo (1830-1915) and George-Édouard Desbarats, also called George Edward Desbarats (1838-1893). In 1865 Leggo and Desbarats obtained a patent for a new method of photomechanical reproduction named "Leggotyping," which made it possible to reproduce line drawings and black and white engravings. The October 20, 1869, edition of Desbarats' Canadian Illustrated News carried an engraving of Prince Arthur produced by Leggo’s photo-electrotyping technique, the first newspaper to use this method. who in 1869 commercially published the world's first letterpress halftone reproduction of a photograph.
Publication
History of Photography
Volume
Vol. 20
Issue
no. 2
Pages
146-149
Date
1996
Language
en
Citation
McIntosh, Terresa. “W. A. Leggo and G. E. Desbarats : Canadian Pioneers in Photomechanical Reproduction.” History of Photography Vol. 20, no. 2 (1996): 146–149.
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