The Art of Preservation
Capture what the eye forgets
Spectral imaging recovers iridescence that conventional scanning reduces to flat grey-green.
Gold demands a separate channel
Hand-applied metallic leaf reflects light at angles no lithographic ink can reproduce.
One standard, across the archive
Every plate receives identical sixteen-bit depth and colour profile, irrespective of condition.
Fidelity to the subscriber's experience
Our reference is the original hand-finished proof of 1861, not any subsequent reprint.