A fluid medium used for drawings or tracings. An opaque, usually black, pigment is mixed with a vehicle such as water to produce a fluid which can be applied with a pen or stylus. Through the end of the 19th century, ink was supplied dried in stick or block form which was ground and mixed with water as needed. At the beginning of this century prepared ink became popular. MCFAD
This term has 2,850 records attributed within our system.
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300015012
<ink by composition or origin>
<ink by function>
<ink by property>
14yrs ago
Editor:
Norton, Robert
Publisher:
Parsimony Press
Author:
Aeschylus
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Translater:
Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
Contributor:
Warner, Rex
Publisher:
Heritage Press
Author:
Basile, Giambattista
Translator:
Burton, Richard Francis
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Spring Books
Author:
Bridson, D. G
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Rampant Lions Press
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Carter, Sebastian
Paper maker:
Börjeson, Ingeborg
Printer:
Stellar Press
Author:
Kennedy, Richard
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Paper maker:
Wookey Hole Paper Mill
Binder (person):
Hunter and Foulis
Author:
Ayrton, Michael
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Max Reinhardt
Author:
Shakespeare, William
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Contributor:
Casson, Lewis
Publisher:
Folio Society
Printer:
Chiswick Press
Author:
Foa, George Ronald Raphael
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
John Calder
Author:
Arlott, John
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Jonathan Cape
Author:
Ayling, Alan
Translator:
Mackintosh, Duncan
Translator:
Tong, Bingzheng
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Paper maker:
St Cuthberts Mill
Binder (person):
Hunter and Foulis
Marbling:
Crompton Press
Author:
Cave, Richard
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Binder (person):
Fine Bindery
Paper maker:
Büttenpapierfabrik Hahnemühle
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