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

Mrs Merteuil and Miss Cecille Volange

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Girard, Romain
Draughtsman: Lavreince, Nicolas (After)

La Confidence

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jubier, C. L.
Draughtsman: Bounieu, Michel-Honoré (After)

The Pleasures of Solitude

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Draughtsman: Le Prince, Jean Baptiste (After)

La Consolation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Damougeot, P. (Possibly)
Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael (Possibly after)
Publisher: Fatou frères
Publisher: Fatou, Auguste

The Welcome News

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Draughtsman: Le Prince, Jean Baptiste (After)

Le Rende-vous comique

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Janinet, Jean-François
Draughtsman: Watteau, Jean Antoine (After)
Draughtsman: Watteau, Louis Joseph (Possibly after)

Marlay Engravings Volume One

Maker(s)

Various (Printmaker)

An image of Print

Jeremiah Meyer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

James Paine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

William Wynne Ryland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

Joshua Reynolds

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

William Chambers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl of Harcourt, facing left

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

Mary I, Queen of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vazquez, José
Painter: Mor, Anthonis (After)

An image of Print

Frances Abington as Roxalana

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Senus, Willem van
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Bust of a child, seen straight on, with short wavy hair

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Rafael Mengs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sintzenich, Heinrich Christoph

An image of Print

Georgina Buckley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Downman, John (After)

Cupid sleeping

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nutter, William
Painter: Westall, Richard (After)

An image of Print

Sarah Siddons

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tomkins, Peltro William
Painter: Downman, John (After)

An image of Print

Paul Sanby

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Shepherd

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Spilsbury, Jonathan
Publisher: Ryland, William Wynne
Draughtsman: Worlidge, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Mlle Le Daulceur enfant

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Le Daulceur, Louise
Draughtsman: Cochin, Charles Nicolas II (After)

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