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

An image of Print

Monstrous Craws, at a New Coalition Feast

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Fores, Samuel William

The Festival

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph
Publisher: Trusler, John

Truth on a cloud kneeling on Envy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Prestel, Johann Gottlieb
Painter: Ligozzi, Jacopo (After)

Vue de l'entrée de la grande Chartreuse du côté de Grenoble

Maker(s)

Albanis de Beaumont, Jean-François

Doctor Pizarro administring to his patients!

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boyne, John
Publisher: Holland, William

Untitled [grave robbers]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph

View of Unterseen (Bern)

Maker(s)

A Stranger at Sparta

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Printmaker: Pastorini, Benedetto
Draughtsman: Dance-Holland, Nathaniel (After)

St Paul

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gini, Cesare Massimiliano
Draughtsman: Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (After)

Vue de la Cascade du Schmadribach et du mont Breithorn au fond de la Vallée de Lauterbrounnen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Weber, Lukas
Lory, Mathias Gabriel (Lory fils) (After)
Publisher: Dikenmann, Johann Rudolf

1796 Leap Year

Maker(s)

Publisher: Cock, John & Crowder, J. P.

Margate & Harbour

Maker(s)

Engraver: Wells, Lewis

Royal Mourning Fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

1812 Patria 1820'

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Classical Cameos

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

The Queen's Royal Fan

Maker(s)

Publisher: Balster, Thomas

Woody landscape with two travellers on a path

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brouwer, Cornelis
Publisher: Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis
Draughtsman: Swanevelt, Herman van (After)

Oliver Cromwell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Velde, Jan van de IV
Painter: Walker, Robert (After)

Lady D[iana] Beauclerks children

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beauclerk, Diana, Lady

Installation of the Marquis Camden as Chancellor in the senate House Cambridge, 1834.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dighton, Thomas
Printmaker: Reeve, Richard Gilson
Publisher: Hawkins, S. H.

Installation of the Marquis Camden as Chancellor in the senate House Cambridge, 1834.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dighton, Thomas
Printmaker: Reeve, Richard Gilson
Printer: Hawkins, S. H. (Possible)

An image of Print

Danseuses dans la coulisse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Degas, Edgar

An image of Print

Sacra Christi Familia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barry, James
Draughtsman: Barry, James (After)
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

An image of Print

The minister endeavouring to eke out Dr Pr*ty***n's bisho-prick

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Phillips, R.

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