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

A Conversation in the Tuileries

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Jones, John
Draughtsman: Bunbury, Henry William (After)

An image of Print

J. de Groot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Noorde, Cornelis van
Draughtsman: Visscher, Cornelis de (After)

An image of Print

Malagrida, Driving Post

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

Head of a young boy holding a book

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Benjamin
Draughtsman: Bossi, Benigno (After)

The Martyrdom of St Paul

Maker(s)

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

The finding of Moses (?)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Giordano, Luca (After)

Unidentified battle scene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Giordano, Luca (After)

The feast of Herod/ Salome with the head of St John the Baptist

Maker(s)

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

The martyrdom of St Bartholomew

Maker(s)

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

The beheading of St John the Baptist

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

J.M.W. Turner Esqr. R.A. P.P

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daniell, William
Publisher: Smith, William (print publisher)
Painter: Dance, George, the Elder (After)

Joseph Wilton, R.A.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daniell, William
Publisher: Daniell, William
Draughtsman: Dance, George II (After)

An image of Print

Study of a turf hut in a landscape and a view of the coast in the distance

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bolding, William Johnson Jennis

An image of Print

Caleb Whitefoord

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daniell, William
Publisher: Daniell, William
Draughtsman: Dance, George II (After)

My love she is so pretty...

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Alken, Henry Thomas
Publisher: McLean, Thomas

Jonas Dryander

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daniell, William
Draughtsman: Dance, George II (After)

An image of Print

Marie Cassatt au Louvre, Musée des Antiques

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Degas, Edgar

An image of Print

Au Louvre : La peinture (Mary Cassatt)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Degas, Edgar

An image of Print

Aux Ambassadeurs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Degas, Edgar

An image of Print

Self-portrait in front of the museum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Paul, Celia

Shornhill Wood

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Heseltine, John Postle

From the Stiftsmühle Road (June 25, '88. Windy afternoon)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

Figur eines Abtes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Frankl, Gerhart

Gorcum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

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