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

Constance from the Lake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

An image of Print

Carcassonne

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Buchanan, Bertram

Knittlingen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

La Vendangeuse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rops, Félicien Joseph Victor

Tête de Femme en boléro noir

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rops, Félicien Joseph Victor

An image of Print

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Rigaud, Hyacinthe (After)

An image of Print

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de

An image of Print

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Aved, Jacques-André-Joseph-Camelot (After)

An image of Print

Descartes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Hals, Frans (After)

An image of Print

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de

An image of Print

Twenty portraits in profile of legal personages

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kay, John (Attributed)

An image of Print

Jean Gaspard Lavater

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Mechel, Christian von

1796 Leap Year

Maker(s)

Publisher: Cock, John & Crowder, J. P.

River landscape with a two men fishing with a net

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Prestel, Maria Katharina (Attributed)

Le Midi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Prestel, Johann Gottlieb
Painter: Ruisdael, Jacob van (After)

Subscription ticket for 'Mr. Browne's Lectures'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnor, Thomas
Publisher: Bonnor, Thomas

An image of Print

La cascade superieure du Reichenbach

Maker(s)

Hürlimann, Johann
Burri, W. (After)

An image of Print

Vue du Glacier des Bois et de la Source de l’Arveiron

Maker(s)

Hegi, Franz
Lory, Gabriel Ludwig (Lory père) (After)

Doctor Pizarro administring to his patients!

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boyne, John
Publisher: Holland, William

Primae Linae

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cruikshank, Isaac

Classical Cameos

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Margate & Harbour

Maker(s)

Engraver: Wells, Lewis

Royal Mourning Fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

His Royal Highness, Prince William Henry

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Publisher: Poggi, Antonio Cesare
Painter: West, Benjamin (After)
Publisher: Boydell, Josiah
Printmaker: Sandby, Paul (Aquatinter)

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