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.
AAT
Technique
300053239
engraving, stipple (printmaking process)
stipple-engraved
stipple-engraving
stipple (printmaking process)
stipple engraving
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Simon, Jean Pierre
Painter:
Downman, John
(After)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Publisher:
Boydell, Josiah
Printmaker:
Simon, Jean Pierre
Painter:
Downman, John
(After)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Publisher:
Boydell, Josiah
Printmaker:
Knight, Charles
Painter:
Stothard, Thomas
(After)
Publisher:
Knight, Charles
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Eginton, John
Painter:
Wheatley, Francis
(After)
Publisher:
Jee, Edward
Publisher:
Eginton, Francis II
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Draughtsman:
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista
(After)
Publisher:
Diemar, Emanuel Mathias
Printmaker:
Schiavonetti, Niccolo
Painter:
Wheatley, Francis
(After)
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Printmaker:
Graham, George I
Painter:
Morland, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Draughtsman:
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista
(After)
Publisher:
Diemar, Emanuel Mathias
Printmaker:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Painter:
Conyers, Julia
(After)
Publisher:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Painter:
Morland, George
(After)
Publisher:
Dickinson, William
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Painter:
Smith, John Raphael
(After)
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Printmaker:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Painter:
Ansell, Charles
(After)
Publisher:
Matthews, James
Printmaker:
Vendramini, Giovanni (John)
Painter:
Wheatley, Francis
(After)
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Painter:
Ward, James
(After)
Publisher:
Prattent, Thomas
Printmaker:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Painter:
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady
(After)
Publisher:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Printmaker:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Painter:
Conyers, Julia
(After)
Publisher:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Printmaker:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Painter:
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady
(After)
Publisher:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Printmaker:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Painter:
Ansell, Charles
(After)
Publisher:
Matthews, James
Printmaker:
Whessell, John
Painter:
Singleton, Henry
(After)
Publisher:
Simpson, Thomas (C18th)
Printmaker:
Tomkins, Peltro William
Painter:
Tomkins, Peltro William
(After)
Publisher:
Walker, John (C18th publisher)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Humphrey, William
Draughtsman:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
(After)
Printmaker:
Gillray, James
(Formerly attributed)
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