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 2,069 records attributed within our system.
AAT
Technique
Role
300053319
<bookprinting and related printing processes and techniques>
inkjet
intaglio printing
laser printing
lithographic printing
planographic printing
relief printing
screen printing
transfer printing
14yrs ago
Author:
Apuleius, Lucius
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Translator:
Graves, Robert
Publisher:
Folio Society
Author:
Caithness, Juliet
Illustrator:
Caithness, Juliet
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Author:
St John, John
Contributor:
Hollis, Christopher
Illustrator:
Mackarell, Peter
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Paper maker:
Wookey Hole Paper Mill
Binder (person):
Hunter and Foulis
Marbling:
Lowndes, Charles
Author:
Nashe, Thomas
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
John Lehmann
Editor:
Gray, Cecil
Editor:
Gray, Margery
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Nicholson and Watson
Editor:
Hillier, Bevis
Illustrator:
Mackarell, Peter
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Binder (person):
Pitman Press
Contributor:
O'Connor, Jeannie
Illustrator:
O'Connor, John
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Author:
Ayrton, Michael
Contributor:
Warner, Rex
Publisher:
Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Printer:
Wishart, David
Printer:
Hayloft Press
Publisher:
Wynkyn de Worde Society
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