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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

PM40-2001

Maker(s)

Production: Gibbons, Geoffrey

PM2-1995

Maker(s)

Author: Ritchie, Neil

Bookplate

Maker(s)

Designer: Hassall, Joan

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