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:
Canot, Pierre Charles
Painter:
Serres, Dominic
(After)
Printmaker:
Lerpinière, Daniel
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Paton, Richard
(After)
Printmaker:
Elliott, William
Publisher:
Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman:
Pillement, Jean-Baptiste
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Publisher:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Elliott, William
Publisher:
Bowles, Carington
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Publisher:
Bowles, John
Draughtsman:
Woollett, William
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Designer:
Regnesson, Nicolas
Painter:
Champaigne, Philippe de
(After)
Printmaker:
Woollett, William
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
West, Benjamin
(After)
Printmaker:
Roberts, James I
Publisher:
Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman:
Pillement, Jean-Baptiste
(After)
Printmaker:
Delaune, Étienne
Painter:
Delaune, Jean
(After)
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
Painter:
Ladam, Ghislain François
(After)
Printmaker:
Duchemin, Isaac
Publisher:
Overadt, Peter
Designer:
Weerdt, Adriaan de
(After)
Printmaker:
Lerpinière, Daniel
Printmaker:
Fittler, James
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Paton, Richard
(After)
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
Painter:
Le Brun, Charles
(After)
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
Painter:
Le Brun, Charles
(After)
Printmaker:
Benazech, Peter Paul
Publisher:
Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman:
Pillement, Jean-Baptiste
(After)
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