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Etching

This term has 21,764 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

white-ground etching

Equivalent Terms used

hard-ground etching

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Louis XIV, King of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, Pierre
Painter: Unknown (After)

John Hunter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sharp, William
Publisher: Sharp, William
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

The Flight into Egypt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goudt, Hendrik
Painter: Elsheimer, Adam (After)

Venus of Urbino

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strange, Robert
Painter: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

St Adelgonde

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Callot, Jacques

St Blaise

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Callot, Jacques

Italianate landscape

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Harcourt, George Simon
Draughtsman: Sandby, Paul (After)

Three sheep

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz. (After)

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