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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14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Auvray, Pierre-Laurent
Painter:
Fragonard, Jean Honoré
(After)
Publisher:
Alibert, Jean
Publisher:
Chevin, R.
Printmaker:
Auvray, Pierre-Laurent
Painter:
Fragonard, Jean Honoré
(After)
Publisher:
Alibert, Jean
Chevin, R.
Printmaker:
Fessard, Étienne
Painter:
Boucher, François
(After)
Publisher:
Joullain, François
Printmaker:
Filloeul, Pierre
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Filloeul, Pierre
Printmaker:
Cochin, Charles Nicolas I
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Cochin, Charles Nicolas I
Printmaker:
Filloeul, Pierre
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Filloeul, Pierre
Printmaker:
Courtois, Pierre François
Draughtsman:
Saint Aubin, Augustin de
(After)
Publisher:
Courtois, Pierre François
Printmaker:
Chatelain, Jean Baptiste
Painter:
Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth
(After)
Publisher:
Mondhare, Louis Joseph
Printmaker:
Fessard, Étienne
Painter:
Lancret, Nicolas
(After)
Publisher:
Joullain, François
Printmaker:
Couché, Jacques
Printmaker:
Macret, Charles François Adrien
Painter:
Fragonard, Jean Honoré
(After)
Printmaker:
Flipart, Jean Jacques
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Cars, Laurent
Printmaker:
Chevery, Françoise
Draughtsman:
Marillier, Clément Pierre
(After)
Printmaker:
Radclyffe, Edward
Draughtsman:
Sargent, Frederick
Illustrator:
Griggs, Frederick Landseer
Contributor:
Alexander, Russell
Printer:
Shakespeare Head Press
Bookseller:
Blackwell, Basil
Author:
Craig, John
Illustrator:
Craig, John
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Binder (person):
Brockman, James (bookbinder)
Author:
Zapf, Hermann
Illustrator:
Rosenberger, August
Publisher:
D. Stempel
Author:
Swift, Jonathan
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
Cresset Press
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Contributor:
Greer, Rowan A.
Illustrator:
Wyatt, Leo
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Author:
Bürger, Gottfried Augustus
Translator:
Stanley, John Thomas, 1st Lord of Alderley
Illustrator:
Perry, Joseph
Miller, William (publisher)
Printer:
Gosnell, S.
Author:
Goodwin, Francis
Illustrator:
Goodwin, Francis
Publisher:
Longman & Co.
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