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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300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Lombart, Pierre
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Printmaker:
Miger, Simon Charles
Painter:
Unknown
(After)
Printmaker:
Dupuis, Charles
Painter:
Dumonstier, Daniel
(After)
Printmaker:
Daret, Pierre
(Attributed)
Publisher:
Daret, Pierre
Printmaker:
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Printmaker:
Fessard, Étienne
Publisher:
Odieuvre, Michel
Printmaker:
Lombart, Pierre
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Printmaker:
Walker, Anthony
Painter:
Gravelot, Hubert François Bourguignon
(After)
Printmaker:
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Publisher:
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Printmaker:
Gillray, James
Publisher:
Humphrey, Hannah
Printmaker:
Lombart, Pierre
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Printmaker:
Gaillard, René
Painter:
Unknown
(After)
Publisher:
Odieuvre, Michel
Printmaker:
Ponce, Nicolas
Painter:
Marillier, Clément Pierre
(After)
Publisher:
Ponce, Nicolas
Printmaker:
Leu, Thomas de
(Attributed)
Publisher:
Leu, Thomas de
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Publisher:
Knapton, Paul
Publisher:
Knapton, John
Printmaker:
Lombart, Pierre
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
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