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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

engravng

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Hassan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Taylor, Charles (printmaker)
Painter: Shelley, Samuel (After)
Publisher: Taylor, C

An image of Print

Head of Bacchus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, Caroline
Painter: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)
Publisher: Watson, C.

The Fountain of Love

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Taylor, Charles (printmaker) (Probably)
Painter: Fragonard, Jean Honoré (After)
Publisher: Taylor, C

Jean-Sifrein Maury

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pitou
Draughtsman: Delaplace, Jacques (After)

Portrait of Thomas Martin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Audinet, Philip
Painter: Bardwell, Thomas (After)

Matthew Maty M.D.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ridley, William
Publisher: Sewell, John

Earl of Sandwich

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gardiner, William Nelson
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Box

Box

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Box

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Box

Maker(s)

Silversmith: unmarked

An image of Box

One of a pair of toilet boxes

Maker(s)

Silversmith: FW

An image of Box

Box

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Marlborough

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Posselwhite, James
Publisher: Knight, Charles
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronety (After)

Spoon

Maker(s)

Metal worker: Unknown

An image of Snuff box

Tom's Coffee House snuffbox

Maker(s)

Box maker: Unknown
Silversmith: Unknown

Peasant's feast

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Beham, Hans Sebald (After)

Ornament with masks

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

Luke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Beham, Hans Sebald (After)

Sheath design with a lady

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

An image of Print

Sultan Suleiman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Custos, Dominicus

An image of Print

Leonhard Grundherr

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sandrart, Jakob von

Jean Baptiste Massé

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wille, Johann Georg
Painter: Tocqué, Louis (After)

An image of Print

François-Louis-Anne de Neufville

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wille, Johann Georg
Painter: Chevalier, Jean (After)

An image of Print

Karl Theodor (Charles Théodore), Elector of Palatine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wille, Johann Georg
Painter: Ziesenis, Johann Georg (After)

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