This is an example of a representative tissue guard used for plates included with L’Art Photographique from 1899-1900.

Particulars engraved on guard include title of work, photographer, original photographic format, engraving information and type of paper used in its reproduction for the journal.

Included on this example:

Title: La Partie de Dés   (The Dice Players)  – Reconstitution d’une Scène du moyen age  (Reconstruction of a scene from the Middle Ages)
Photographer: M. le Comte Tyszkiewicz  (Monsieur Count Tyszkiewicz)
Technical Details: (size of original negative and place of photograph)  Cliché 24 x 30 d’après nature, à l’atelier.   (24 x 30 photograph from nature, in the workshop-indicating this was done in a photographic studio)
Atelier(s): (for journal engraving)  Héliogravure DUJARDIN imprimée en taille-douce par WITTMANN  (copper plate by Paul Dujardin-printing impression by Charles Wittmann)
Paper Type: (for journal engraving) Papier de la Société des Papeteries du Marais  (Paper of the Society of Papeteries du Marais)