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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 20,801 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

13yrs ago

Connected records

The Fisherman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Austin, Robert Sargent

Origen de los arpones ó banderillas.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

An image of Print

The Circle of the Corrupt Officials: The Devils tormenting Ciampolo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Label

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Publisher: Blake, William
Publisher: Linnell, John

The Temple of Mirth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Stothard, Thomas

An image of Print

Earth Waiting

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press

Bookplate of Leslie Wall

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Death and the Woodman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Absalom

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

The Oak and the Reed

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Plane Tree Cottage

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Austin, Robert Sargent

Boy and Snail

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

La seguridad de un reo no exige tormento

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

The Poet's Cat - Tailpiece

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Donna Julia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ryall, Henry Thomas
Draughtsman: Lewis, John Frederick
Publisher: Murray

Queen Elizabeth and Essex

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Fuseli, Johann Heinrich

Le Cid Campeador "lanceado" un autre taureau.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
Printer: Beillet, A.
Publisher: Loizelet, Eugène

Bookplate of the Hertfordshire Art Society

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Mother of a Hero

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Austin, Robert Sargent

Les amoureux du bord de l'eau

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Laboureur, Jean Émile

Bill Heading

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

An image of Print

Orpheus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jeens, Charles Henry
Draughtsman: Woolner, Thomas (After)

The Apocrypha - Title-page

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Un cavalier espagnol brisant des "rejoncillos" sans l'aide des chulos.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
Printer: Beillet, A.
Publisher: Loizelet, Eugène

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