Steel engraving

Scope note

Printmaking process of engraving using plates of steel or steel-faced copper; replaced the use of less durable copper plates in the early 19th century. For the engraving of steel plates for the production of documents such as banknotes, use "siderography."

This term has 283 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000190536

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>
<etching (printmaking process)>

Term used for

engraving, steel
steel-engraving

Equivalent Terms used

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Street Scene, Bath

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

River Landscape with Cliffs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Tropical Landscape with Waterfall

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Durham Cathedral, Elevation of the West Front

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saddler, John
Publisher: Billings, Robert William
Billings, Robert William (After)

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

The Tower of London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Miller, William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

A vase of flowers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Riots at Bristol

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Destruction of York-Minster

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Blind Fiddler

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nicholson, Thomas Henry
Wilkie, David (After)

An image of Print

Gabriele Rossetti

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lauro, Agostino
Draughtsman: Pistrucci, Filippo (After)

An image of Print

Allegories of science and religion

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

A lady standing in a garden smelling the flower of a plant with a tall stem

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jeens, Charles Henry
Draughtsman: Hughes, Arthur (After)

An image of Print

Two busts of Julius Charles Hare, after Thomas Woolner and John Gibson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jeens, Charles Henry

Views of Russia, North Germany and Ireland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Various

Caeserea

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lizars, William Home

Landscape with a view over a wide river with a stone bridge, two riders and a man with dogs in the foreground

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz. (After)

Boulay Bay, Jersey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Harwood, J. & F.

Arabic landscape with mountains and travellers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Miller, William
Painter: Archer, John Wykeham (After)

Town of St. Helena's from St. Saviour's, Jersey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Harwood, J. & F.

The Infirmary, Dispensary & Lunatic Asylum, Manchester

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Davies, John R.
Draughtsman: Austin, Samuel (After)

Convent of Zahle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lizars, William Home
Publisher: Whyte, William

St. Brelades Bay, Jersey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Harwood, J. & F.

Lincoln Cathedral

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rogers, J.
Publisher: Saunders, John

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