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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

engravng

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

Abraham Cowley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse of Worlaby

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

An image of Print

John Locke

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Robert Harley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Oliver, Peter (After)

An image of Print

John Verney

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Ramsay, Allan I (After)

An image of Print

Louis Dorléans

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Hieronymus
Painter: Veen, Otto van (After)

An image of Print

Sir Paul Rycaut

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Joseph Addison

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

John Selden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

Henry, 6th Duke of Norfolk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

Jean Calvin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Woeiriot, Pierre, II

An image of Print

William Lancaster

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Murray, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

João Curvo Semmedo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Westerhout, Arnold van

An image of Print

Thomas Manton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert

An image of Snuff box

Snuff box

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown
Production: Passe, Simon de (Style of)
Production: Belle, Simon Alexis (After)

An image of Print

William Leybourn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert
Draughtsman: White, Robert (After)

An image of Print

Charlotte (Fitzroy), Countess of Litchfield

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vandrebanc, Peter
Painter: Verelst, Simon Pietersz. (After)

An image of Print

Herman Witsius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Zylvelt, Anthony van

An image of Print

Sir William Temple, Bt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vandrebanc, Peter
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

Louis-Antoine de Noailles

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vallet, Guillaume
Painter: Paillet, Antoine (After)

Confit box

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown

Vase

Maker(s)

Glassworks: uncertain

An image of Wine taster

Wine taster

Maker(s)

Silversmith: SA in monogram

An image of Bowl

Bowl

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Rand, John

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