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

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Printmaker: Simonet, Jean Baptiste Blaise
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Printmaker: Vidal, Gérard
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Printmaker: Vidal, Gérard
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Printmaker: Ponce, Nicolas
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Printmaker: Saint Aubin, Augustin de
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Printmaker: Lépicié, Bernard
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Printmaker: Surugue, Pierre-Louis de
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Printmaker: Voyez, Nicolas Joseph
Painter: Wille, Pierre Alexandre (After)

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Printmaker: Massard, Jean
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Printmaker: Lépicié, Bernard
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Printmaker: Saint Aubin, Augustin de
Draughtsman: Saint Aubin, Augustin de (After)

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Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lépicié, Bernard
Painter: Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon (After)
Publisher: Lépicié, Bernard
Publisher: Surugue, Louis

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