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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

A woman in a hat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houston, Richard
Draughtsman: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)
Publisher: Sayer, Robert

Richard Fox

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Corvus, Hans (After)

Francis North, 1st Baron Guildford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Draughtsman: Loggan, David (After)

An image of Print

Titian and his mistress

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dyck, Anthony van
Printmaker: Vorsterman, Lucas Emil

Matthew Parker

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Unknown (After)

Geoffrey Chaucer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

Edward Russell, Earl of Orford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Gibson, Thomas (After)

George Morley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

John Harris

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Russel, Antony (After)

Thomas Durfey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Gouge, E. (After)

Edmund Waller

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

Richard Baxter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

The seal of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, reverse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

Bishop Ussher

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

Joseph Spence

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Whood or Wood, Isaac (After)

Edward Chandler

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Banck, Jan van der (After)

An image of Print

Richard Graves

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

William Dawes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Murray, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

The Mocking of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dyck, Anthony van
Printmaker: Vorsterman, Lucas Emil
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

Thomas Stackhouse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Wollaston or Woolaston, John, I (After)

Font in St James’s Church, Piccadilly

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Draughtsman: Woodfield, Charles (After)

Roman Hypocaust at Lincoln

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Draughtsman: Vertue, George (After)

John Kettlewell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Tilson, Henry (After)

An image of Print

Ben Jonson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Honthorst, Gerrit van (After)

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