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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 980 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053239

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Created

12yrs ago

Connected records

Possession

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Miller, R.

Wilson Lowry

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Linnell, John

Edmund Pitts Esq.

Maker(s)

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

Pagan Altars

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

King Ferdinand VII

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Industrious Cottager

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Morland, George (After)
Publisher: Smith, J. R.

The Idle Laundress

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Painter: Morland, George (After)
Publisher: Macklin, H.

Paul Colnaghi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Easton, Reginald
Sculptor: Danlan (After)

Donna Julia

Maker(s)

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

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