Aquatint

Scope note

A printing process in which resin or other substance is applied to a plate to make a porous ground, and the plate is then heated and etched, producing a range of tonal value; often combined with line work. PRTT

This term has 915 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053242

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

Equivalent Terms used

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

The dying patient or doctor's last fee

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rowlandson, Thomas

A cart race

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rowlandson, Thomas

The Banqueting House

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Malton, Thomas II
Publisher: Malton, Thomas II

A Peep at Christies, or Tally-Ho, and his Nimeny-pimmeney taking the Morning Lounge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

John-Bull, Baited by the Dogs of Excise

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

A Vestal of -93, Trying on the Cestus of Venus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

O Tempora, O Mores!

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Alken, Samuel
Draughtsman: Rowlandson, Thomas (After)

Two-penny whist

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Gillray, James (After)

A visit to the uncle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rowlandson, Thomas
Printmaker: Jukes, Francis

An image of Print

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de

Imitations of Drawings

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Various
Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Solimena, Francesco (After)
Printmaker: Londonio, Francesco
Printmaker: Prestel, Johann Gottlieb

Primae Linae

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cruikshank, Isaac

Rev.d Samuel Rogers A.M.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hibbart, William

His Royal Highness, Prince William Henry

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Publisher: Poggi, Antonio Cesare
Painter: West, Benjamin (After)
Publisher: Boydell, Josiah
Printmaker: Sandby, Paul (Aquatinter)

Mount Olympus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Solimena, Francesco (After)

Bacchanale

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Charpentier, François Philippe
Draughtsman: Wicar, Jean Baptiste Joseph (After)

The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Solimena, Francesco (After)

The raising of Lazarus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Solimena, Francesco (After)

River landscape with a two men fishing with a net

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Prestel, Maria Katharina (Attributed)

The martyrdom of St Peter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Preti, Mattia (Cavalier Calabrese) (After)

The Success having plac'd herself advantageously…

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wilson, James (18thC)
Designer: Mercier, Philippe
Publisher: Harraden, Richard
Draughtsman: Wilson, James (18thC) (After)

Subscription ticket for 'Mr. Browne's Lectures'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnor, Thomas
Publisher: Bonnor, Thomas

Le Midi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Prestel, Johann Gottlieb
Painter: Ruisdael, Jacob van (After)

View of London from Greenwich Park

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Stadler, Joseph Constantine
Publisher: Boydell, John

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