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Letterpress

Scope note

Use for the process of relief printing in the context of book and other text printing.

This term has 327 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Inscription type
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000178926

Broader Terms used

<relief printmaking processes>
relief printing

Term used for

letterpress printing
printing, letterpress

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

A group of dancers: illustration to Eclogue II, line 73

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Athena sitting outside a palace (lines 60, 61, 63), a lion killing an animal (lines 63, 64, 65), a man setting his oxen to plough (lines 66, 67, 68) and a youth reclining against a rock (lines 69, 70, 71, 72): illustrations of Eclogue II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Two shepherds with pipes: illustration of Eclogue III line 1

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

A coin with the head of Pollio and Roman soldiers chasing Turks (?): illustrations of Eclogue III

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Shepherd and a distressed woman (lines 78, 79), shepherd hiding from a storm (lines 80, 81), a shepherd and shepherdess (lines 82, 83) a bull (lines 84, 85) and a grazing bull (lines 86, 87): illustrations of Eclogue III

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An academic youth in love and cupid sitting by a pond: illustration of moral to Eclogue II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Book label for Cambridge University Library Smuts Memorial Fund

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Book excerpt: through a window a lady and gentleman in mediaeval dress play chess, overlooked by a male figure holding the leash of a white dog

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fry, T
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

Book excerpt: St Patrick, attendant, devil and open mouthed monster

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Harvard Medical Library (Walter Bradford Cannon) bookplate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ruzicka, Rudolph

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Caldwall, James
Draughtsman: Ghezzi, Giuseppe (After)

Le mari agricole

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gavarni, Paul
Printer: Aubert

Landscape with a harbour and boats on a river

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vinne, Vincent II Laurentsz. van der
Printmaker: Vinne, Vincent III Jansz. van der (Or)

Patrouille chinoise en reconnaissance

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daumier, Honoré Victorin
Publisher: Martinet (publisher)
Printer: Destouche

Ah! Justine! voilà un jeune homme qui m'aime!...

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gavarni, Paul (Probably)
Printer: Aubert

Alciabade Cliquet a loué une chambre...

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gavarni, Paul
Printer: Aubert
Publisher: Bauger

Le mari de la bonne

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gavarni, Paul
Printer: Aubert

XIV, engravings on wood, on 16 sheets with letterpress and original binding

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gibbings, Robert

Victimes d'Incendie par des chemineaux

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse

An image of Trade card

Trade card of James Wade, tea, coffee and chocolate seller, Bristol

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Title page to 'The Flight into Egypt'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico

Imperial astrolabe

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dürer, Albrecht
Printmaker: Springinklee, Hans
Blockcutter: Andreae, Hieronymus
Commissioner: Stabius, Johannes
Printer: Bartsch, Adam von

WILLIAM III - ORANGE

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Wallis, John

HENRY VII - TUDOR

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Wallis, John

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