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Originally Posted by swarmee
Well, paper is technically wood pulp, right? Didn't they etch a wood plank in reverse and then ink it?
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They did carve the image into wood. With the detail they have probably endgrain maple.
Many of the papers of the time were not on wood pulp paper, but paper with a high rag content, cotton and linen fibers. And sometimes it's nearly acid free so it holds up well instead of getting brown and brittle.