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

Musee Satirique - No. 4 Deux Journaux trop bien renseignes.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Duclaux

Vermorel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepetit, Alfred
Publisher: Duclaux

Paschal Grousset

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepetit, Alfred
Publisher: Duclaux

Assi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepetit, Alfred
Publisher: Duclaux

Trinquet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepetit, Alfred
Publisher: Duclaux

Ferré.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepetit, Alfred
Publisher: Duclaux

Ferrat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepetit, Alfred
Publisher: Duclaux

Verdure.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepetit, Alfred
Publisher: Duclaux

Humoristische karte von Europa im jahre 1870.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hadol, Paul

Descamps.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepetit, Alfred
Publisher: Duclaux

Delescluze.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepetit, Alfred
Publisher: Duclaux

L'Ivresse de Bisarck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Saillant

Fin altes Volkslied. No. 4

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hansen, H. Th.

An image of Valentine card

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

An image of Valentine card

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

An image of Valentine card

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

An image of Valentine card

Cupid's Mirror

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

An image of Valentine card

Hymen's Golden Chain

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

Visit of Queen Victoria to the Duchesse D’Orléans

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Skelton, Joseph John
Printmaker: Hopwood, William
Painter: Lepoittevin, Eugene (After)

The Transfiguration

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Morghen, Raffaello
Draughtsman: Tofanelli, Stefano (Intermediary)
Painter: [dup]Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holl, Francis
Draughtsman: Doré, Gustave (After)

Lieutenant General William Thornton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Madame Varillat (After)

The Canterbury Pilgrims

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Publisher: Blake, William

The Canterbury Pilgrims

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Publisher: Blake, William

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