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

Allegory of London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Chapman, John
MacQuin, Ange Denis (After)

The Flanderkin Pair

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Adlard, Henry

Chryseis Restored to Her Father

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (After)

Putti Flying Around a Column

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Reclining male figure with a cornucopia and a swan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Lady Northwick with her daughter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burke, Thomas
Painter: Kauffmann, Angelica (After)

A Long Story

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bunbury, Henry William
Publisher: Harris, John (publisher I)

The Parting of Achilles and Briseis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (After)

An image of Print

General Lafayette

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boutrau
Draughtsman: Meyer, Madame (After)

King Louis XVI of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coutellier, F.

An image of Print

The Chevalier d'Eon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Chambars, Thomas
Painter: Cosway, Richard (After)

An image of Print

Lady Catherine Howard

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wilkin, Charles
Painter: Wilkin, Charles (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Twining

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Godby, James
Painter: Halls, John James (After)
Draughtsman: Evans, William (After)

An image of Print

William Blake

Maker(s)

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

Samuel Hallifax

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Godby, James
Publisher: Orme, Edward
Painter: Edridge, Henry (After)

The Industrious Cottager

Maker(s)

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

Three winged figures on a cloud

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boubers, P. de

The dismission of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Haughton, Moses II
Publisher: Haughton, Moses II
Painter: Fuseli, Johann Heinrich (After)

An image of Print

Two children and a Young Girl

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Greenaway, Kate

Alinda

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William

Mrs Thomas Richmond

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Richmond, George (After)

Le Retour a la vertu

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Longueil, Joseph de
Publisher: Longueil, Joseph de

Les Douceurs de la fraternité

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gautier, Jean Baptiste
Painter: Gorp, Henri Nicolas van (After)

Le Déjeuné

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Publisher: Bonnet, Louis Marin

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