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

13yrs ago

Connected records

Aconitum Napellus

Maker(s)

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

Prunus Padus

Maker(s)

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

Caltha palustris

Maker(s)

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

Barbarea vulgaris

Maker(s)

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

Cardamine hirsuta

Maker(s)

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

Bristle fern

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Glaisher, Cecilia

Composition of six oak leaves

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Glaisher, Cecilia

Four types of ferns

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Glaisher, Cecilia

Three plants, including Lily of the Valley, with root balls

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Glaisher, Cecilia

Bristle fern

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Glaisher, Cecilia

Composition of three oak leaves

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Glaisher, Cecilia

Johannes Brahms

Maker(s)

Publisher: Obernetter, Johann Baptist
Painter: Beckerath, Willy von (After)

An image of Print

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Desboutin, Marcellin Gilbert

An image of Print

Desboutin tenant sa pipe de la main gauche

Maker(s)

Desboutin, Marcellin Gilbert

Bookplate of Edith Helen, Marchioness of Londonderry

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wood, Joan Kingsford

An image of Print

Portrait of Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849) at the piano

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thiele, Ivan

Muse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Martin, Henri Jean Guillaume (After)

Un atelier de jeunes filles

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Prinet, Rene Xavier (After)

L'Atelier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Stevens, Alfred Emile Leopold Joseph Victor (After)

Critique Influent

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Qunisac, Paul François (After)

Nature morte

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Qunisac, Paul François (After)

Cintra, Portugal - The Granite Country

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Robinson, John Charles

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