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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

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

PM 408-2003

Maker(s)

Designer: David, Dorothy
Designer: David, Ismar

PM 46-2003

Maker(s)

Publisher: Plantin Press

MS 44-2003

Maker(s)

Writer: Wyatt, Leo
Designer: Wyatt, Leo

PM 340-2003

Maker(s)

Writer: Lane, Allen

PM 145-2003

Maker(s)

Publisher: Éditions Retz

PM 100-2003

Maker(s)

Designer: Salter, George
Writer: Salter, George
Publisher: UNICEF

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