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

Temple of the Sun at Palmyra

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lizars, William Home

The Monk's House, Lincoln

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rogers, J.
Publisher: Saunders, John

County Hall, Lincoln

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Saunders, John

St. Saviour's Church, Jersey

Maker(s)

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

The Royal Hospital of St. Katherine, Regent's Park

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tombleson, William
Publisher: Jones & Co.
Draughtsman: Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (After)

An image of Print

Alfred Tennyson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Armytage, James Charles
Lawrence, S. (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Carlyle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Armytage, James Charles
Lawrence, S. (After)

Restoration of the Roman Forum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, William Richard
Walker, S. J.

The Bell Rock Lighthouse

Maker(s)

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

Gate Way, Lincoln Castle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watkins, W.
Publisher: Saunders, John
Rhodes, John N. (After)

An image of Trade card

Trade card for John William Applegate, Woollen Manufacturer, Bradford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Ticket to the 5th Anniversary dinner of the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund, 1822

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Trade card

Trade card for John Pengelly, Watch & Clock Maker, Barnstaple

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Residence of Genl. Sir Herbert Taylor, Bart. Regent's Park

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tombleson, William
Publisher: Jones & Co.
Draughtsman: Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (After)

An image of Trade card

Trade card for Benjamin Edgington, Marquee, Tent and Rick Cloth maker, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Trade card

Trade card of James Chamberlain, Optician, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Brand im Tower (Tower of London Armoury fire on 31 October 1841)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

It's auld Ailie Hersell! ('Black Dwarf')

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Armytage, James Charles
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

An image of Print

Georges, Baron Cuvier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brown, Joseph
Publisher: Henderson, G.
Draughtsman: Bertonnier, Pierre François (After)

An image of Print

View into a vaulted space, filled with figures seated listening to a man speaking from a pedestal

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Unknown (After)

An image of Print

Sea-Shore, Cornwall

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Miller, William
Draughtsman: Bonington, Richard Parkes (After)

An image of Print

The Supper by the Fountain

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Engleheart, Francis
Draughtsman: Stothard, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Portrait of Mrs. Charles Arbuthnot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ensom, William
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

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