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:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Shirreff, Charles
(After)
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Romney, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Rowlandson, Thomas
Draughtsman:
Wigstead, Henry
(After)
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Printmaker:
Facius, Johann Gottlieb
Painter:
Opie, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Phelippeaux, Antoine
Printmaker:
Morret, Jean Baptiste
Draughtsman:
Saint-Aubin, Augustin de
(After)
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Publisher:
Poggi, Antonio Cesare
Printmaker:
Blake, William
Draughtsman:
Borckhardt, Charles
(After)
Publisher:
Borckhardt, Charles
Printmaker:
Lewis, Frederick Christian I
Draughtsman:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Blood, T. or J.
Painter:
Drummond, Samuel
(After)
Publisher:
Asperne, James
Printmaker:
Holl, Francis
Draughtsman:
Laurence, Samuel
(After)
Publisher:
Smith, Elder & Co
Printmaker:
Holl, Francis
Painter:
Eddis, Eden Upton
(After)
Publisher:
Ryall, Henry Thomas
Printmaker:
Artlett, Richard Austin
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Publisher:
Virtue
Printmaker:
Brown, Joseph
Painter:
Faulkner, Benjamin Rawlinson
(After)
Publisher:
Virtue
Printmaker:
Brown, Joseph
Painter:
Phillips, Thomas
(After)
Publisher:
Virtue
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