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Lithographers' needles

Scope note

Sharp steel points mounted in holders used to scratch crayon or tusche drawings on the lithographic stone in order to create white-line effects in the print.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000234388

Equivalent Terms used

lithographer's needle

Created

12yrs ago

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