Multi-color intaglio prints that use only one plate require extra care to prepare, wipe, and print. Normally this is associated with inking "a la poupee" ("with the doll"), in which each color is applied with small hand-made "dolls" of tarlatan; one for each color. I prefer to use squeegee cutoffs; whether they are cardboard or plastic. So, since this water lilly was not prepared with little tarlatan dolls, but with little pieces of squeegee, then I consider it inked "a la squeegee".
White Water Lily
(nymphaea odorata, nymphaea tuberosa)
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