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

An image of Print

François de Sailgnac, de la Mothe Fénelon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Vivien, Joseph (After)

An image of Print

Montesquieu

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Dassier, Adrian (After)

An image of Print

Descartes

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

John Dryden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Adrienne Lecouvreur

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Coypel, Charles Antoine (After)

An image of Print

Charles-Louis, Archduke of Austria

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Levachez, Charles François Gabriel

Inkle and Yarico. Plate 2nd

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pollard, Robert
Painter: Singleton, Henry (After)
Publisher: Birchall, James

A Penny Barber

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rowlandson, Thomas
Publisher: Holland, William

An image of Print

David Landau

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Auerbach, Frank

A Vestal of -93, Trying on the Cestus of Venus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

[Tomb of Sir George Savile.]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

The Fitzwilliam Collection housed in the Perse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Harraden, Richard Bankes
Draughtsman: Harraden, Richard Bankes

Christina, Queen of Sweden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Velde, Jan van de IV
Painter: Beck, David (After)

An image of Print

Presages of the Millenium

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

An image of Print

Lucerne from the North East

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hürlimann, Johann
Draughtsman: Lory, Gabriel Ludwig (Lory père) (After)

Lieut. Goverr. Gall-stone, inspired by Alecto; - or - the birth of Minerva

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

An image of Print

Shakespeare sacrificed;-or-The Offering to avarice

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

Nightly Visitors at St. Ann's Hill

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James

The Wedding

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph
Publisher: Trusler, John

Athens

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wyllie, William Lionel

Langdale

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wyllie, William Lionel

Bathers (2)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jacklin, Bill

Vue de la grande Chartreuse près de Grenoble

Maker(s)

Albanis de Beaumont, Jean-François

Child soldier 1

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hanselaar, Marcelle

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