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Printing

Scope note

Use for processes in which an image, pictorial or textual, is transferred, usually to paper or cloth, most often by means of a plate, block, stone, or screen. Use also for the making of photographic prints and, with computers, for the production of a paper copy of stored data. For the production of prints in a fine arts context, prefer "printmaking."

This term has 2,977 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Role

Getty AAT term number

300053319

Broader Terms used

<bookprinting and related printing processes and techniques>

Narrower Terms used

inkjet
intaglio printing
laser printing
lithographic printing
planographic printing
relief printing
screen printing
transfer printing

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Spring

Maker(s)

Engraver: Freeman, S.

The Queen's Royal Fan

Maker(s)

Publisher: Balster, Thomas

Mythological Scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Screen fan

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Hanging

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Screen fan

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Shawl

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Screen fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Vase

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)
Engraver: Chillis, E.
Printer: Lloyd, R.

Screen fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Vase commemorating the Marriage of HRH Princess Elizabeth to Liutenant Philip Mountbatten, RN

Maker(s)

Factory: Minton
Designer: Wadsworth, John

La Maréchal des Logis Fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

PM 124-2003

Maker(s)

Printer: Nesbitt, Alexander
Printer: Buchert, Ilse
Printer: Third & Elm Press

The Athenaeum, No. 2068

Maker(s)

Publisher: Francis, John
Printer: Homes, James [unidentified]

An image of Tickets and passes

Tickets and passes

Maker(s)

Issuer: uncertain
Mint: London

Stand

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

Milk jug

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Sonnets from the Portuguese Sonnets from the Portuguese

Maker(s)

Author: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Contributor: Hewlett, Dorothy
Publisher: Folio Society
Illustrator: Stone, Reynolds
Printer: Stamperia Valdónega
Binder (person): C. & H. T. Evans Ltd.

Poems. Vol. 1

Maker(s)

Author: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Annotator: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Annotator: Rossetti, W. M.
Annotator: Woolner, Thomas
Publisher: Edward Moxon
Printer: Bradbury and Evans

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