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

An image of Print

John Harrison

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reading, Burnet
Publisher: Sewell, John

An image of Print

Sigismond Báthory, prince of Transylvania

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Egidius II

An image of Print

Charles II, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sheppard, Robert
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Sigismond Báthory, prince of Transylvania

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Egidius II

An image of Print

Louis de Silvestre

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saint Aubin, Augustin de
Painter: Greuze, Jean Baptiste (After)

An image of Print

William Ramesey [Ramsay]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sherwin, William

An image of Print

Charles I, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Picart, Bernard

An image of Print

Theodorus Wikenburg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Suyderhoef, Jonas
Painter: Hals, Frans (After)

An image of Print

Anne (Hyde), Duchess of York

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simonneau, Charles I
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

Henry III, King of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rabel, Jean

An image of Print

Isaac Newton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sharp, William
Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus (After)
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)
Publisher: Kearsley, George

Winter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Painter: Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte) (After)

Christ stoned by the Jews

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Autumn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Raphael I
Painter: Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte) (After)

The Virgin in a niche adorned by angels with garlands

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Cornelis I
Painter: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

Spring

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Raphael I
Painter: Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte) (After)

The Ascension

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Egidius II
Draughtsman: Aachen, Hans von (After)

Christ on the Cross; an angel pushing down Sin on the right, on the left an angel and Death

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pontius, Paulus
Painter: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

An image of Print

John Flamsteed

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

John Smith

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vandrebanc, Peter (Attributed)
Painter: Faithorne, William (After)

An image of Print

Daniel Kenrick

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert

An image of Print

James Bradley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tookey, James
Painter: Hudson, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Launderdale

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vandrebanc, Peter
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Gresham

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

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