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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

Hugh Latimer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George

Thomas White

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vertue, George
Painter: Unknown (After)

John Hunter

Maker(s)

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

Sir Walter Farquhar

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sharp, William
Publisher: Sharp, William
Painter: Raeburn, Henry (After)

Cleopatra

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strange, Robert
Painter: Reni, Guido (After)

Samuel More

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sharp, William
Publisher: More, Samuel
Painter: West, Benjamin (After)

Aer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Velde, Jan II van de
Painter: Buytewech, Willem Pietersz. (After)

Winchester Tower

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sandby, Paul

Tobit

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goupy, Joseph
Painter: Rosa, Salvator (After)

Lago di Bolsena

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Gabbiani, Antonio Domenico (After)

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