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:
Woollett, William
Painter:
Ramsay, Allan I
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Schuppen, Pierre Louis van
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Woollett, William
Publisher:
Bradford, Thomas
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Printmaker:
Woollett, William
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Lauri, Filippo
(After)
Printmaker:
Regnesson, Nicolas
Painter:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Woollett, William
Publisher:
Woollett, William
Painter:
Carracci, Annibale
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Woollett, William
Printmaker:
Emes, John
Publisher:
Woollett, William
Painter:
Lairesse, Gerard de
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Painter:
Glauber, Jan
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Printmaker:
Woollett, William
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Draughtsman:
Pether, William
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Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Painter:
Mignard, Pierre
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Publisher:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
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