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Stipple

Scope note

Printmaking process that achieves tonal areas by making short flicks or dots in an etching gorund, sometimes in combination with etched lines. For 15th-century process of making relief-printed engravings with stippled areas, use "dotted manner."

This term has 980 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053239

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Term used for

engraving, stipple (printmaking process)
stipple (printmaking process)
stipple engraving
stipple-engraved
stipple-engraving

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

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Francis Cotes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

Oliver Cromwell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Painter: Cooper, Samuel (After)

An image of Print

N. Cuvillier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.

An image of Print

George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl of Harcourt, facing right

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

Ozias Humphrey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

Francis Hayman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

Coade's Lithodipyra or Artificial-Stone Manufactory

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wray, P.
Draughtsman: Ryley, Charles Reuben (Possibly after)

Variety

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Painter: Morland, George (After)
Publisher: Dickinson, William

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Princess Frederika Louise Wilhalmine of Prussia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sintzenich, Heinrich Christoph

St Mary Magdalene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rosaspina, Francesco
Publisher: Gini, Cesare Massimiliano
Painter: Cagnacci, Guido (After)

Flight into Egypt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Publisher: Molteno, Anthony
Draughtsman: Violet, Pierre (After)
Painter: Maratti, Carlo (After)

An image of Print

Anthony Pasquin Esq.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wright, John
Draughtsman: Shee, Martin Archer (After)
Publisher: Freeman, I or J

An image of Print

Frances Seymour [née Thynne], Duchess of Somerset

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

George Stubbs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

No.1 | Select Series | Portraits Ladies of Rank and Fashion. | Painted by John Hoppner, R.A. Engraved by Charles Wilkin | Executed in a Manner to Unite the High Finishing of a Painting with the Spirit and Freedom of Drawing. | London: Published by the Proprietor | Charles Wilkins, Eaton Street, Pimlico, 1797.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wilkin, Charles
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Augustine Arne

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Mde. Rose's Benefit

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco (Formerly attributed)

An image of Print

Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pariset, D. P.
Draughtsman: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

Head of a beardless man

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Draughtsman: Leonardo da Vinci (After)
Publisher: Chamberlaine, John

An image of Print

John Fitzgibbon, 1st Earl of Clare

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Painter: Cosway, Richard (After)

An image of Print

Giuseppe Haydn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

Edward Lord Thurlow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)
Publisher: Poggi, Antonio Cesare

Edward Lord Thurlow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)
Publisher: Poggi, Antonio Cesare

An image of Print

John Fane, Lord Burghersh

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

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