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

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Mr Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc

Maker(s)

Maker: Leroux and Company

Portrait of René Just Haüy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Delvaux, Rémi
Draughtsman: Massard, Felix (Jean Baptiste Felix) (After)

Georgiana, Duchess of Bedford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Robinson, John Henry
Painter: Hayter, George (After)

Ulysses Aldrovandus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Gosden, Thomas

Portrait of René Descartes, 1596-1650

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Collyer, Joseph
Painter: Hals, Frans (After)

George Washington

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printer: Fenner, Sears & Co
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph
Painter: Stuart, Gilbert (After)

Bristol

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Storer, Henry Sargent
Publisher: Sherwood & Co.

Thomas Beddoes M.D.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Warren, Charles
Painter: Bird, Edward (After)

Humphry Repton Esqr

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hall, Henry Bryan
Publisher: Longman & Co.
Painter: Shelley, Samuel (After)

Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1727

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The right honoble Spencer Perceval

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Picart, Charles
Publisher: Fisher, Son & Co.
Painter: Beechey, William (After)

A water party

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Willmore, James Tibbitts
Printer: McQueen & Co
Publisher: Art Union of London
Painter: Chalon, John James (After)

George Bidder, of Devonshire, aet 13

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Robinson, John Henry
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Miss Hayter (After)

Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Ghirlandaio, Domenico (Domenico Bigordi) (After)

Theale Church

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollis, George
Painter: Buckler, John Chessell (After)

Antonio Canova

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Adlard, Henry
Painter: Fabre, François Xavier (After)

An English Merry-making in the Olden Times

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holl, William II
Printer: McQueen & Co
Publisher: Art Union of London
Painter: Frith, William Powell (After)

John Gully

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lopez, J.
Painter: Pugh, Edward (After)

An image of Print

Epsom grand stand association

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Keathan, J.
Painter: Trendall, E. W. (After)

An image of Print

Two portrait cuttings from periodicals

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barlow, Myron G.
Publisher: Kearsley, George

The Coast of Genoa

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Armytage, James Charles
Painter: Ruskin, John (After)

Document by Charles Stuart

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Dr Solander

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Seven cuttings from periodicals

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon
Printmaker: Unknown

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