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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 919 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053242

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

lift-ground

Equivalent Terms used

aquatints

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Looking back on Ilanz

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

The Rapids of Lauffenberg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

A cat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Luard, Lowes Dalbiac

Prints, Poems and some annotations

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pannekoek, Frans Lodewijk

An image of Print

The Seven Sisters

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Buchanan, Bertram

View of a town with a church

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brunet-Debaines, Alfred Louis

An image of Print

Paysan d'Entlibuech du Baillage du Canton de Lucerne

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Mechel, Christian von

Le Sphinx

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rops, Félicien Joseph Victor

Le Forgeron Pendu

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rops, Félicien Joseph Victor

Oh!...Si j'avais une petite fille.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Roemhild
Publisher: Dubreuil, F.

Alley between trees

Maker(s)

Printmaker: East, Alfred

Barry 15

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Flanagan, Barry
Printer: Gresham, Kip
Printer: Hill, James
Publisher: Flanagan, Barry
Printer: The Print Studio, Cambridge

Barry 14

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Flanagan, Barry
Printer: Gresham, Kip
Printer: Hill, James
Publisher: Flanagan, Barry
Printer: The Print Studio, Cambridge

The Miners

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Evans, Merlyn Oliver
Printer: Gresham, Kip
Publisher: The Estate of Merlyn Oliver Evans
Printer: The Print Studio, Cambridge

Barry 12

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Flanagan, Barry
Printer: Gresham, Kip
Printer: Hill, James
Publisher: Flanagan, Barry
Printer: The Print Studio, Cambridge

Fighting for the Dunghill; -or, Jack Tar settling Citoyen Francois

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

French-Telegraph making Signals in the Dark

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

The Noble Sans-Culotte

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

An image of Print

The Board of Controul. Or the Blessings of a Scotch Dictator

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Phillips, R.

An image of Print

Evening Consolation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

Portrait of a young man with a book

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Deuchar, David

Les Cinq Sens de Nature

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady (After)

Menai Suspension Bridge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

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