Engraving

Scope note

Printing process that produces images in line and with little tonal quality; the plate, usually of copper, is incised using a burin, the slight burr produced is scraped away, and the plate is inked for intaglio printing. OCA

This term has 20,804 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Reproduction type
Inscription type
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053231

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

copper engraving (printmaking process)
roulette

Term used for

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of John Edwards, Mercer, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Robert Blunt, Linen draper, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Lewis Gilles (late A. Jones), Lace maker, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pemberton, William

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of James Butler, Haberdasher & Hosier, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Joseph Rendall, Paper stainer, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of James Shiells & John Cowie, Seedsman, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Robert Blunt, Linen draper, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of James Burgess, Hosier, Hatter & Glover, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Man with a standard

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Veneziano, Agostino
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)
Draughtsman: [dup]Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Andrew Schabner, Equestrian clothing manufacturer, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ashby, Robert

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of James Butler, Haberdasher & Hosier, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Trade card

Trade card of John Pritchard, boot maker, York Street, Covent Garden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Nathaniel Hall, Linen draper, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ellis, J.
Printmaker: Vickery, A.

An image of Trade card

Large trade card of James Butler, Haberdasher, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Bryan Barrett, Laceman, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Nox

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Visscher, Johannes
Draughtsman: Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz. (After)

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Andrew Schabner, Equestrian clothing manufacturer, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ashby, Robert

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Thomas, William & Robert King, Mercers, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of Harris, King & Thompson, Mercers, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Watch

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Watch

Maker(s)

Maker: Langlois

Watch

Maker(s)

Maker: Etherington, George

Héloïse prend le Voile.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Delvaux, Rémi Henri Joseph
Draughtsman: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger (After)

Watch

Maker(s)

Maker: Vulliamy, Benjamin (Possibly)
Maker: Vulliamy, Justin (Possibly)

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