Photogravure

Scope note

An intaglio photomechanical process in which the metal printing plate is prepared using a bichromate process, leaving a gelatin resist of varying thickness. The plate is etched to form cells of varying depth able to hold different amounts of ink. If done with an aquatint grain, use "photoaquatint."

This term has 70 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053207

Broader Terms used

<photomechanical processes: intaglio>

Narrower Terms used

hand photogravure
machine photogravure
photoaquatint

Term used for

photo-etching
photoetching

Equivalent Terms used

Created

12yrs ago

Connected records

Bookplate of Antoinette Esher

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Causerie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Robaut, Alfred
Designer: Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest (After)
Printer: Robaut, Alfred

Une bonne affaire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dujardin (19thC)
Designer: Knaus, Ludwig (After)
Painter: Knaus, Ludwig (After)
Printer: Salmon, A.

Study of a Garden at Tintern, August 1835

Maker(s)

Designer: Palmer, Samuel (After)

Troupeau sous bois

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Millet, Jean François (After)

Menu card

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thompson, David Langley

Bookplate of Dame Margaret Boord

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Moring, Thomas

An image of Print

Henry Irving as Philip of Spain

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (After)

An image of Print

William Gilberd M.D.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Wise and Foolish Virgin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sorel, Agathe

Claude et Christine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Laurent-Desrousseaux, Henri-Alphonse-Louis (After)

La nouvelle acquisition

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Cain, Georges Jules Auguste (After)

Molinia coerulea and M. serotina M. and K.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Lycopodium alpinum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Lycopodium inundatum and Selaginella selaginoides

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Arabis alpina

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Tulipa sylvestris

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Ranunculus montanus and R. auricomus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Melandrium sylvestre

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Briza media

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Equisetum palustre

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Euphorbia platyphylla

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Herniaria hirsuta, H. glabra and Illecebrum verticillatum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Rhamnus Frangula

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

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