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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 982 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053239

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Juliette Récamier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Parker, George
Painter: Cosway, Richard (After)

William Emerson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Adlard, Henry

John Napier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Freeman, Samuel
Painter: Unknown (After)
Publisher: Blackie & Son

William Austin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Godby, James
Draughtsman: Scott, Edmund (After)
Publisher: Austin, William

John Harrison

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holl, William I
Printmaker: Tassaert, Philippe Joseph (After)
Publisher: Knight, Charles

Luigi Lagrange

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rados, Luigi
Draughtsman: Focosi, Roberto (After)

John Britton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thomson, James (C18th)
Painter: Uwins, Thomas (After)

Sir Henry Raeburn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Walker, William
Painter: Raeburn, Henry (After)

Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Godby, James
Publisher: Cadell & Davies
Draughtsman: Evans, William (After)
Painter: Phillips, Thomas (After)

William Bowyer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Chapman, John
Publisher: Wilkes, John

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