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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

PM 125-2003

Maker(s)

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

PM 123-2003

Maker(s)

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

The Athenaeum, No. 2067

Maker(s)

Publisher: Francis, John
Printer: Holmes, James [Unidentified]
Contributor: Linnell, John

The Athenaeum, No. 2067

Maker(s)

Publisher: Francis, John
Printer: Holmes, James [Unidentified]
Contributor: Linnell, John

Commemorative Cup, Saucer and Plate

Maker(s)

Factory: Queen Anne (Doulton Group)

Oracle Fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

George III

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Es atmet mich, Lischetarot

Maker(s)

Artist: Siemeister, Emil
Publisher: Aut.porno.Aut.

Emil Siemeister : vom Rufen zum semiotischen Fallenstellen, Museum Folkwang

Maker(s)

Artist: Siemeister, Emil
Publisher: Edition Folkwang/Steidl

Emil Siemeister : Thesauros.

Maker(s)

Artist: Siemeister, Emil
Publisher: Aut.press.Aut

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: pomel

Hard times for these times

Maker(s)

Author: Dickens, Charles
Illustrator: Raymond, Charles
Contributor: Winterich, John T.
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Printer: Spiral Press
Designer: Blumenthal, Joseph

Publisher’s proofs for the first book edition of Jude the Obscure, annotated by the author

Maker(s)

Author: Hardy, Thomas (writer)
Publisher: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co.

The seraphim, and other poems

Maker(s)

Author: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Annotator: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Publisher: Saunders and Otley
Printer: Samuel Bentley

Cranford

Maker(s)

Author: Gaskell, Elizabeth
Illustrator: Hassall, Joan
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd.

Small side plate from ‘Travel ‘ series (bus)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood
Designer: Ravilious, Eric William

An image of Soup cup and saucer

Soup cup and saucer from ‘Travel’ series (balloon)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood
Designer: Ravilious, Eric William

Did Sherlock Holmes meet Hercule

Maker(s)

Author: Symons, Julian
Illustrator: DePol, John
Publisher: Yellow Barn Press
Printer: Shaver, Neil

Photographische Wiedergabe der Hs. Digby 23 : mit Genehmigung der Curatoren der Bodleyschen Bibliothek zu Oxford.

Maker(s)

Author: Chanson de Roland
Stengel, Edmund
Publisher: Henninger, Gebr.

The poems of William Shakespeare

Maker(s)

Author: Shakespeare, William
Contributor: Alexander, Peter (unidentified)
Illustrator: Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Dreyfus, John
Printer: Crutchley, Brooke
Printer: University Printing House

Golden Cockerel type : a collection of essays on Eric Gill and his type for the Golden Cockerel Press in celebration of the launch of ITC Golden Cockerel

Maker(s)

Contributor: Dreyfus, John
Designer: Kelly, Jerry
Publisher: International Typeface Corporation
Printer: Stinehour Press

Greeting cards

Maker(s)

Illustrator: Welch, D. Werburg
Printer: Stanbrook Abbey Press

Anabasis

Maker(s)

Illustrator: Meckel, Christoph
Publisher: Carl Hanser

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