Heliogravure or photogravure is a former photo-mechanical printing process. A photograph of any object, as a painting, etc, was taken, and from the negative so obtained a positive print was made on gelatinized paper. This print was transferred upon a highly polished copper plate, and a solution of terchloride of iron was poured upon it, which penet... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AH.HTM
heliogravure The process of photographic engraving or the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically prepared paper, from photographic negatives, by exposure to light. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/963/2