Printing process that produces images in line and with little tonal quality; the plate, usually of copper, is incised using a burin, the slight burr produced is scraped away, and the plate is inked for intaglio printing. OCA
This term has 20,804 records attributed within our system.
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14yrs ago
Author:
Sparrow, John
Illustrator:
Stone, Reynolds
Printer:
Rendall, Simon
Printer:
Yellowsands Press
Author:
De la Mare, Walter
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Author:
Sharpe, Edmund
Publisher:
John Van Voorst
Author:
Zapf, Hermann
Illustrator:
Rosenberger, August
Publisher:
D. Stempel
Author:
Nash, Paul
Author:
Low, David
Author:
Gibbings, Robert John
Author:
Kennington, Eric Henri
Author:
Spencer, Stanley
Author:
Sullivan, Edmund Joseph
Author:
Fry, Roger Eliot
Author:
Dyson, Will
Author:
Smith, Percy John
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Newbery, Francis J.
Publisher:
Rutter, Owen
Binder (person):
Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Author:
Brook, Stephen
Illustrator:
Moser, Barry
Publisher:
J. P. Dwyer
Designer:
Hyder, Darrell
Printer:
Kingsport Press
Binder (person):
Robert Burlen & Son
Author:
Dreyfus, John
Illustrator:
Raverat, Gwendolen
Publisher:
Stanford University Libraries
Printer:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Paper maker:
Barcham Green Ltd.
Author:
Sandford, Christopher
Illustrator:
Sandford, Christopher
Printer:
Sandford, Christopher
Author:
Sandford, Lettice
Illustrator:
Sandford, Lettice
Printer:
Sandford, Lettice
Publisher:
Boar's Head Press
Printer:
Chiswick Press
Author:
Sandford, Christopher
Illustrator:
Sandford, Christopher
Printer:
Sandford, Christopher
Author:
Sandford, Lettice
Illustrator:
Sandford, Lettice
Printer:
Sandford, Lettice
Publisher:
Boar's Head Press
Printer:
Chiswick Press
Author:
Marlowe, Christopher
Illustrator:
Hughes-Stanton, Blair Rowlands
Publisher:
Golden Hours Press
Printer:
Chiswick Press
Designer:
Sandford, Christopher
Designer:
Newbery, Francis J.
Printmaker:
Marcuard, Robert Samuel
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Trotter, Thomas
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Vazquez, José
Draughtsman:
Esteve, Agustín
(After)
Painter:
Mor, Anthonis
(After)
Printmaker:
Gaugain, Thomas
Painter:
Artaud, William
(After)
Publisher:
Gaugain, Thomas
Printmaker:
Ruotte, Louis Charles
Publisher:
Cadell, T
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