representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal
a means of historic preservation, made by transferring the relief image of a gravestone to Japanese rice paper with an English heelball
a copy of a raised, inscribed, or textured surface made by placing paper over it and rubbing the paper with a colored substance
The unintentional transfer of ink from one sheet to another, usually associated with uncoated or matt coated paper.
An impression taken from a relief block with a raised, incised, or textured surface, using a colored substance. The image is obtained by placing paper over it and rubbing the paper with a leather rubber or a burnisher. Used in lithography.
A reproduction of a relief surface made by covering it with paper and rubbing it with pencil, chalk, etc.
Careless handling when the papers were new can cause light wear at a fold, called rubbing. It occurred when the papers were folded and carried home by the original owner or sent through the mail unwrapped. It may slightly separate the paper at the fold and should not obscure more than a few letters of text.
A technique of rubbing a pigment onto material placed over a textured surface to replicate that texture into as an image (See also: frottage).