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

Louis, the Grand Dauphin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Sauvé, Jean

Rudolf II, Emperor of Austria

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Egidius II
Draughtsman: Vries, Adriaen de (After)
Painter: Sadeler, Marco (After)

James II, King of England, as Duke of York

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert
Publisher: White, Robert
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

Marie Thérèse of Austria, Queen of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Poilly, Nicolas de
Publisher: Poilly, Nicolas de
Painter: Beaubrun, Charles (After)

An image of Print

Bombay on the Malabar Coast, Belonging to the East India Company of England.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The adoration of the Magi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Anton II
Publisher: Wierix, Anton II

Tsuba

Tsuba

Maker(s)

Production: Jōi, Sugiura

Tsuba

Sword

Wakizashi

Wakizashi

Knife

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Sword

Tsuba

The Battle of Moncontour

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hogenberg, Franz

An image of Print

Hannibal surrounded by the bodies of his enemies

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huret, Grégoire

Tableau du cotê droit de l’Autel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fessard, Étienne
Painter: Natoire, Charles Joseph (After)

Fille de Bulgarie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Haussard, Jean Baptiste

Décoration et Dessein du Jeu tenu par le Roy et la Reine dans la grande gallerie de Versailles á l’accasion du second mariage de Mgr le Dauphin, le 9 février 1747

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cochin, Charles-Nicolas I
Painter: Cochin, Charles-Nicolas II (After)

William III

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Painter: Brandon, Jan Henrik (After)

View of Ludgate Street from Ludgate Hill

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Morris, Thomas
Painter: Marlow, William (After)

An image of Print

Portrait of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Painter: Werff, Adriaen van der (After)

Portrait of Cardinal Charles de Bourbon

Maker(s)

Gourmont, Jean de

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