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

Sir George Croke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaughan, Robert

Sir Robert Stapleton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marshall, William

An image of Print

Samson Lennard

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaughan, Robert

An image of Print

Arthur Hildersham

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Payne, John
Painter: Unknown (After)

An image of Print

King James I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaughan, Robert
Printmaker: Passe, Simon de (After)

An image of Print

Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Richardson, William (Attributed)
Printmaker: Vaughan, Robert (After)
Publisher: Richardson, William

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Cologne pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Unidentified Frechen pottery (Possibly)
Silversmith: CA

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Potter: Unidentified Frechen pottery
Silversmith: Unidentified London silversmith

An image of Vase

Vase

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Vase

Vase

Maker(s)

An image of Print

William Feilding, Earl of Denbigh

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Voerst, Robert van
Painter: Unknown (After)

Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel with Countess Alethea Talbot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vorsterman, Lucas Emil
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vorsterman, Lucas Emil
Painter: Holbein, Hans, the younger (After)

An image of Print

James Stewart, Duke of Richmond (when Duke of Lennox)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Voerst, Robert van
Painter: Geldorp, Georg or Jorge (After)
Publisher: Webb, William (publisher)

An image of Print

Robert Bertie Lindsey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Voerst, Robert van
Painter: Geldorp, Georg or Jorge (After)
Publisher: Webb, William (publisher)

An image of Print

Henry II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Elstrack, Renold
Publisher: Holland, Compton

An image of Print

Henry VII

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Elstrack, Renold (Attributed)
Publisher: Holland, Compton

An image of Print

Henry IV

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Elstrack, Renold (Attributed)
Publisher: Holland, Compton

An image of Print

Richard I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Elstrack, Renold
Publisher: Holland, Compton

An image of Print

King John

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Elstrack, Renold
Publisher: Holland, Compton

An image of Print

Anne Boleyn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Elstrack, Renold
Publisher: Holland, Compton

An image of Print

Stephen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Elstrack, Renold
Publisher: Holland, Compton

An image of Print

Mary, Queen of Scots

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Elstrack, Renold
Publisher: Holland, Compton

An image of Print

Edward, the Black Prince

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Elstrack, Renold
Publisher: Holland, Compton

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