Soft-ground etching

Scope note

Use for the printing process in which the ground is mixed with a soft substance, such as tallow, allowing the rendering of textured lines and areas when the plate is etched. Sometimes, paper is placed over the grounded plate and drawn on, to pick up the ground.

This term has 153 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053251

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Term used for

etching, soft-ground
soft ground
soft ground etching
soft-ground
soft-ground technique
vernis mou

Equivalent Terms used

soft-ground etchings

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Wooded landscape with country cart and figures, dead tree on the right

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gainsborough, Thomas
Publisher: Boydell, John

Wooded landscape with country cart, cottage and figures

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gainsborough, Thomas
Publisher: Boydell, John

Wooded landscape with herdsmen and cows

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gainsborough, Thomas
Publisher: Boydell, John

Ruins with arched doors and windows at left, river in the foreground, dense trees at centre and right

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rowlandson, Thomas
Draughtsman: Barret, George (I) (After)

An image of Print

Italian pine and Cypress

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cozens, John Robert

An image of Print

Oak

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cozens, John Robert

An image of Print

Willow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cozens, John Robert

An image of Print

Weeping Willow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cozens, John Robert

An image of Print

Fir

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cozens, John Robert

An image of Print

Beech

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cozens, John Robert

An image of Print

Cedar

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cozens, John Robert

Unidentified

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

Meersburg, Lake of Constance

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

Gorcum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

A cow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Delâtre, Auguste
Draughtsman: Jacque, Charles Émile (After)

Heildelberg from the Philosophenhöhe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

The Castle of Meerburg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

Constance from the Lake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

Albertville

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Frankl, Gerhart

Knittlingen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

Mondnacht

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Frankl, Gerhart

Ilanz on the Upper Rhine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

Linda Sleeping

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Paul, Celia

Woman sewing

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gosse, Sylvia

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