Aquatint

Scope note

A printing process in which resin or other substance is applied to a plate to make a porous ground, and the plate is then heated and etched, producing a range of tonal value; often combined with line work. PRTT

This term has 919 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053242

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

Equivalent Terms used

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Installation of the Marquis Camden as Chancellor in the senate House Cambridge, 1834.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dighton, Thomas
Printmaker: Reeve, Richard Gilson
Publisher: Hawkins, S. H.

Rape of Ganymede and the finding of Moses, after works in the Palazzo Colonna, Rome

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de
Draughtsman: Fragonard, Jean Honoré (After)
Painter: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)
Painter: Rosa, Salvator (After)

Tableaux des dieux, demi-dieux et héros de la fable

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mixelle, Jean Marie
Publisher: Pavard

Sueño y Mentira de Franco

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Picasso, Pablo

A Gatehouse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Landscape with castle on a Lake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph

Dunster Castle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph

Untitled: People in a Park near a Monument

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entrance to Uppark, Sir H. Featherstone, Bart.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Taylor, John

The West Gate of Cardiff in Glamorganshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sandby, Paul
Publisher: Sandby, Paul

Landscape with Ruins and Shepherd

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph

A Bridge Adapted to Park Scenery

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph

Cottage at Winterbourn, Glouestershire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jeakes, Joseph
Publisher: Laurie & Whittle
Chamberlin, Mason (After)

A Seascape

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Untitled: Eagle Concert, Four Illustrations of Songs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

St. Vincent's Rocks, Clifton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Duncan, Edward
Cotman, John Sell (After)

Surrey Institution

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Stadler, Joseph Constantine
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph
Rowlandson, Thomas (After)

Simplici Schreibstunde

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Klinger, Max

An image of Print

Verfolgter Centaur

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Klinger, Max

Gefallene Reiter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Klinger, Max

Mondnacht

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Klinger, Max

Simplicius unter den Soldaten

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Klinger, Max

Amor, Tod und Jenseits

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Klinger, Max

Pier Bell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Stobart, Jane

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