Engraving

Scope note

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.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Reproduction type
Inscription type
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053231

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

copper engraving (printmaking process)
roulette

Term used for

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

Samuel Butler

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Soest, Gerard (After)

Charles II, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Humphrey Gower

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Fellowes, James (After)

An image of Print

Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury, 2nd Earl of Elgin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

Richard Baxter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

An image of Print

Sir George Ent

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert

An image of Print

Benjamin Hoadly

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Unknown (After)

An image of Print

Stephen Charnock

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert

An image of Print

William Russell, Lord Russell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vandrebanc, Peter
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

John Smith

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vandrebanc, Peter (Attributed)
Painter: Faithorne, William (After)

An image of Print

Matthew Pole

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert

An image of Print

James II, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert

An image of Print

The Portsmouth Captains [John Beaumont, Thomas Paston, Simon Pack, Thomas Orme, John Port and William Cook]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert

An image of Print

Francis Godwin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

An image of Print

George Makenzie, 1st Earl of Comarty

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vandrebanc, Peter
Painter: Medina, John Baptist de (After)

An image of Print

Offspring Blackall

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Dahl, Michael I (After)

An image of Print

John Dryden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

James Craggs, senior

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

An image of Print

John Freke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Riley, John (After)

An image of Print

Edward Poppius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

An image of Print

John Theophilus Desaguliers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tookey, James
Painter: Hysing, Hans (After)

Oliver Cromwell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Velde, Jan van de IV
Painter: Walker, Robert (After)

An image of Print

James Gardiner

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Verelst, Johannes (Possibly after)

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