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Engravers (incisers)

Scope note

Use for those skilled or practiced in incising marks on the surface of a hard material, such as glass or metal, with a sharp tool, when the designs or images created are for their own sake and not to be printed from. For those who practice the printing process of engraving, use "engravers (printmakers)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000239410

Created

13yrs ago

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