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Colour printing

Scope note

Printing processes, generally involving materials such as dyes and inks, to produce a variety of shades of the visible spectrum.

This term has 2,555 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053329

Broader Terms used

<printing techniques>

Narrower Terms used

full-colour printing

Term used for

chromotypography

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

La Confidence

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jubier, C. L.
Draughtsman: Bounieu, Michel-Honoré (After)

The Pleasures of Solitude

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Draughtsman: Le Prince, Jean Baptiste (After)

La Consolation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Damougeot, P. (Possibly)
Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael (Possibly after)
Publisher: Fatou frères
Publisher: Fatou, Auguste

Ha! Le joli petit chien

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Janinet, Jean-François
Draughtsman: Lavreince, Nicolas (After)

Le Cerisier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jubier, C. L.
Publisher: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Draughtsman: Huet, Jean Baptiste (After)

La Conversation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Publisher: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Draughtsman: Huet, Jean Baptiste (After)

Le Petit Conseil

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Janinet, Jean-François
Draughtsman: Lavreince, Nicolas (After)

The Mill

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gaymard, Antoine
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

Nina ou la Folle par amour

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Janinet, Jean-François
Draughtsman: Hoin, Claude Jean Baptiste (After)

The Welcome News

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Draughtsman: Le Prince, Jean Baptiste (After)

La Brouette

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Publisher: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Draughtsman: Huet, Jean Baptiste (After)

Colin Maillard

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Publisher: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Draughtsman: Huet, Jean Baptiste (After)

Le Rende-vous comique

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Janinet, Jean-François
Draughtsman: Watteau, Jean Antoine (After)
Draughtsman: Watteau, Louis Joseph (Possibly after)

Shizuka Gozen dancing before Minamoto Yoritomo

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

The Kôya-Tama River

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Two women at their toilet

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Yui - Satta mine

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

An image of Print

Hira bôsetsu

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

An image of Print

Ichikawa Omezô I as the servant Ippei

Maker(s)

Designer: Sharaku, Tôshûsai

Konosu Fukiage Fuji

Maker(s)

Designer: Eisen, Keisai

Inagawa bridge

Maker(s)

Designer: Eisen, Keisai

Takanawa kihan

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

Ichikawa Ebizô V (formerly Danjûrô VII) as Banryû and Iwai Tojaku I (formerly Hanshirô V) as Oyana in Tayoriari gohiki no tsuna, performed at the Kawarazaki theatre in 11/1832

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

Okabe

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

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