Retroussage

Scope note

Lightly rubbing an intaglio printing plate with a soft rag, after it has been inked in the normal way, to produce a blurred, fuzzy effect in the print. COMPRI

This term has 12 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000178615

Broader Terms used

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Alexandre Dumas, père

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rajon, Paul Adolphe

Leconte de L'Isle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rajon, Paul Adolphe

La charette brisée

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse
Printer: Cadart, Célonie-Sophie (widow of Alfred Cadart)

Léon Goltzan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rajon, Paul Adolphe

La mort dans le poirier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse
Printer: Cadart, Célonie-Sophie (widow of Alfred Cadart)

Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rajon, Paul Adolphe

James Pryde, in a top hat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simpson, Joseph

George Bernard Shaw

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sullivan, Edmund Joseph

George Bernard Shaw

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sullivan, Edmund Joseph

John Galsworthy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sullivan, Edmund Joseph

Male nude, seated and standing (‘Het Rolwagentje’)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rajon, Paul Adolphe

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