1889 engraved resin Harpers woodcut

[khkco4bls]

its like a hard plastic type material. Not soft.

[aquarius31]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

its like a hard plastic type material. Not soft.

Agreed...certainly not soft. It definitely is heavier (compared to what I would expect it to be before I pick it up) and has texture and different depths in certain locations.

[Runscott]

I still have mine. I received it in a late 1800's frame that fit it perfectly, but there was no glass. The other one I saw also came in a late 1800's frame of similar, but different, design. Neither cost much, so there wasn't any intent to scam.

The detail is such that it had to have been produced either from a woodcut or whatever was used to create the original woodcuts - I lean toward the latter because the detail is perfect and because I haven't seen such resin examples of other woodcuts. The technique used to transfer the original design to etched resin is a mystery. Definitely hand-painted - the colors were even slightly different in the two examples - similar to the hand-painted paper woodcuts you sometimes find (it was popular in the 1800's to hand paint these, but you rarely see 'heavy' painting).

You would think this mystery would be solved by now - very perplexing.