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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300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Cooper, Robert
Draughtsman:
Derby, William
(After)
Painter:
Honthorst, Gerrit van
(After)
Printmaker:
Blake, William
Draughtsman:
Linnell, John
Publisher:
Hurst, Robinson & Co.
Printmaker:
Muller, Harmen Jansz.
Publisher:
Jode, Gerard de
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Collaert, Adriaen
Publisher:
Collaert, Adriaen
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Collaert, Adriaen
Publisher:
Collaert, Adriaen
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Benoist, Antoine
Painter:
Highmore, Joseph
(After)
Author:
Richardson, Samuel
(After)
Printmaker:
Benoist, Antoine
Painter:
Highmore, Joseph
(After)
Author:
Richardson, Samuel
(After)
Printmaker:
Truchy, Laurent
Painter:
Highmore, Joseph
(After)
Author:
Richardson, Samuel
(After)
Printmaker:
Portbury, Edward J.
Painter:
Smirke, Richard
(After)
Printer:
Wilkinson
Printmaker:
Greatbach, William
Painter:
Cooper, Abraham
(After)
Painter:
Unknown
(After)
Printer:
Wilkinson
Printmaker:
Marr, Charles W.
Painter:
Boaden, John
(After)
Printer:
Triggs, H.
Printmaker:
Rolls, Henry
Painter:
Hollins, John
(After)
Printer:
Wilkinson
Printmaker:
Finden, Edward Francis
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Lachner, Hans
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Egidius II
Draughtsman:
Ligozzi, Jacopo
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Dürer, Albrecht
(After)
Printmaker:
Dou, Gerrit
Printmaker:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(Reworked after)
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