Stipple

Scope note

Printmaking process that achieves tonal areas by making short flicks or dots in an etching gorund, sometimes in combination with etched lines. For 15th-century process of making relief-printed engravings with stippled areas, use "dotted manner."

This term has 982 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053239

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Term used for

engraving, stipple (printmaking process)
stipple-engraved
stipple-engraving
stipple (printmaking process)
stipple engraving

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

The Railway Station

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holl, Francis
Painter: Frith, William Powell (After)

The Marriage of the Virgin (Lo Sposalizio)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Longhi, Giuseppe
Painter: [dup]Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

After the Bathe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holl, Francis
Draughtsman: Frost, William Edward (After)

Prince Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cousins, Henry
Painter: Lucas, John (After)

Mrs Wolff

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cousins, Samuel
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

Les Sorcieres

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barathier, Mathieu
Painter: Fuseli, Johann Heinrich (After)

Isaac Milner (Isaacus Milner. S.T.P., S.R.Soc. Decamus Carleolensis)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Facius, Georg Sigmund
Painter: Kerrich, Thomas (After)
Publisher: Facius, Georg Sigmund

William Sotheby

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lewis, Frederick Christian
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

Lady Helena Faucit Martin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Lady Helena Faucit Martin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Ludwig van Beethoven

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Neidl, Johann Joseph
Draughtsman: Stainhauser, Gandolph Ernst (St. von Treuberg) (After)

An image of Print

Venus dissuades Adonis from Hunting

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Painter: Cosway, Richard (After)

Morning Amusement

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Painter: Watteau, Jean Antoine (After)

An image of Print

Calisto

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Stothard, Thomas

An image of Print

Wilson Lowry

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Linnell, John

An image of Print

Zephyrus and Flora

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Stothard, Thomas
Publisher: Parker

An image of Print

Edmund Pitts Esq.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Earl, James (After)

An image of Print

Sir Thomas Lawrence

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lewis, Frederick Christian I
Draughtsman: Calmady, Mrs (After)

Donna Julia

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

The Darling Asleep

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Freschi, Andrea
Draughtsman: Buck, Adam (After)
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph

An image of Print

Zephyrus and Flora

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Stothard, Thomas
Publisher: Parker

An image of Print

William Cowper, Author of "The Task"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Lawrence, Thomas

Portrait of William Blake from Gilchrist's life of Blake.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jeens, Charles Henry
Painter: Linnell, John (After)

An image of Print

William Cowper, Author of "The Task"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Lawrence, Thomas

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