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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

Les formes acerbes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Poirier de Dunkerque (After)

An image of Print

Tombeau de Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger

Talbot fighting on the ramparts of Orléans

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Godefroy, François (Probably)
Draughtsman: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger (After)

The Virgin crowned with flowers by the Christ child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boullanger, Jean
Painter: Lefebvre, Claude (Possibly after)

Mr de Lambesc entrant aux Tuileries, avec un détachement de Royal-Allemand, le 12 juillet 1789

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Berthault, Pierre Gabriel
Draughtsman: Prieur, Francois Louis (After)

An image of Print

Les mangeurs d' huitres

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Teissier, Jean
Printmaker: Le Bas, Jacques Philippe (Directed by)
Painter: Benard, Jean Baptiste (After)

Cartouche for the Academie Catalaunica, made up of frames inscribed with the names of the liberal arts, with the figures of Faith, Ceres, Juno, Minerva and Venus holding various attributes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Varin, Charles Nicolas

An image of Print

Courtyard of a farm with its door open onto the surrounding countryside: pigs, cows, goats and a peasant drawing water from a well (fifth song)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ghendt, Emmanuel de
Draughtsman: Loutherbourg, Philip James de (After)

Agnès looking up at the gate of a convent

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thomas, N.
Draughtsman: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger (After)

A putti couple in a bower, drinking wine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Resting travellers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Marie de Barbançon, Princess of Arenberg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pontius, Paulus
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)
Publisher: Meyssens, Joannes

Incendie du corps de garde sur le Pont Neuf, le 29 août 1788

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Girardet, Abraham
Printmaker: Niquet, Claude I

A warrior being restrained from drawing his sword by two men, with four women looking at a box filled with treasure at his feet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Le peuple délivrant les Gardes françaises à l'Abbaye St Germain, le 30 juin 1789

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Berthault, Pierre Gabriel
Draughtsman: Prieur, Francois Louis (After)

An image of Print

Mother feeding a child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William

Fusillade au Faubourg St Antoine, le 28 avril 1789

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Niquet, Claude I
Printmaker: Pélicier, J (With?)
Draughtsman: Girardet, Abraham (After)
Draughtsman: Veny (After)

An image of Print

La Sainte famille

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Martini, Pietro Antonio
Printmaker: Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

St Denis before St Peter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Duclos, Antoine Jean
Printmaker: Lingée, Charles Louis (With)
Draughtsman: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger (After)

An image of Print

Anciens bains de Vaucluse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Malbeste, Georges
Printmaker: Le Bas, Jacques Philippe (With)
Painter: Poelenburgh, Cornelis van (After)

Pillage des armes au Garde Meuble, le lundi 13 juillet 1789

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Berthault, Pierre Gabriel
Printmaker: Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean (With)
Draughtsman: Prieur, Francois Louis (After)

Charles-Philippe D'Artois, sortant de la cour des aides de Paris, le 17 août 1787

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Niquet, Claude I
Draughtsman: Meunier (After)

St Denis appealing to St Peter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Villerey, Antoine Claude François
Draughtsman: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger (After)

Pillage de la maison de St Lazare, le lundi 13 juillet 1789

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Berthault, Pierre Gabriel
Printmaker: Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean (With)
Draughtsman: Prieur, Francois Louis (After)

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