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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

Figure from the 'School of Athens'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de (Attributed)
Draughtsman: Ango (After)
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

Cow and little ass

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Malapeau, Charles Louis (Attributed)
Printmaker: Loutherbourg, Philip James de (After)

Spring

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mignon, Abel Justin
Painter: Burne-Jones, Edward (After)
Publisher: Arthur Tooth & Sons

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