"Pierre COURTIADE" wrote :
> Dave wrote :
>> As I look at who was involved in the making of French stamps and
>> banknotes, I'm getting confused on what the roles of the
>> individuals
>> are. Perhaps someone here can help. Typically these acronyms are
>> found after a name, and I'm wondering whether someone could give me
>> definitions:
>> SC (a sculpte)
>> INV (a invente)
>> FEC (a fait)
>> DEL (a dessine)
>>
>> I'm not a total bonehead on these terms, they sound rather obvious
>> outside the context of stamp or banknote production. But
>> specifically
>> as they relate to that task, can someone define what each type of
> The only thing I can answer right now is that these acronyms are in
> fact the begining of latine words :
Vale, mi fili ;-)
> Sculptit
Sculpsit ?
> Inventit
Invenit ?
> Fecit
> Deleinatit (or a similar word : my latine - 50 years ago - is too
> rusty to remember correctly these difficult words ... )
Delineavit ?
Anyway, grosso modo :
X Inv means that X was the author of the original design (a sketch,
most often)
X Del means that X produced the definitive sketch of the stamp, that
is a precise model for the engraver.
X Sc means that X engraved the dye.
I am not so easy with "Fecit" (he made it), which might encompass two
or three among the above terms.
The "Peace and Commerce" allegory 1876-1900 series is probably the
most striking example among french stamps, with three of those terms
featuring :
J.A. Sage Inv : Jules-Auguste Sage produced a sketch that was selected
by a jury, on it's artistic value, but there remained details needing
modifications for engraving (e.g. line or dashed line patterns needed
to be changed into flat colored surfaces, or the design needed be
modified for larger face value figures, or for different captions...)
E. Mouchon Del & Sc : Eugene Mouchon produced the final drawing (in
view of engraving), and then engraved a dye.
I am referring here to the typographic and recess stamp-printing
contexts, but it may be transposed to other ways of producing stamps
and stamp dyes.
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Cordialement,
Bruno
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