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

The rat-poison seller

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vliet, Jan van

Maids any Cunny Skinns

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Johannes Lutma

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Lutma, Jan II (After)

Ripe Strawberryes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Oliver C: Porter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Iohannus Bugenhagen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Any Bakeing Peares

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

The London begger

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Paulus Eberus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Arrest

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vliet, Jan van

Benedictus Arias Montanus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Pourbus, Pieter Jansz. (After)

Portrait of Jacques Benigne Bossuet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ficquet, Etienne

An image of Print

Portrait of François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ficquet, Etienne
Publisher: Odieuvre, Michel

John the Quaker

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Oh Raree Shoe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Old Shooes for Some Broomes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Buy my Dish of great Eeles

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Isaac and Esau

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vliet, Jan van
Painter: Lievens, Jan (After)

The London Quaker

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Long Threed Laces Long & Strong

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Two amorous couples at an inn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vliet, Jan van

Erasmus Roterodam

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

A Bed Matt or a Door Matt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Vlricus Zwingius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

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