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 982 records attributed within our system.
AAT
Technique
300053239
engraving, stipple (printmaking process)
stipple-engraved
stipple-engraving
stipple (printmaking process)
stipple engraving
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Humphrey, William
Draughtsman:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
(After)
Printmaker:
Gillray, James
(Formerly attributed)
Printmaker:
Haward, Francis
Publisher:
Haward, Francis
Painter:
Kauffmann, Angelica
(After)
Printmaker:
Letton, Thomas
Designer:
Loutherbourg, Philip James de
(After)
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Publisher:
Picot, Victor Marie
Publisher:
Harris, John (publisher I)
Printmaker:
Marcuard, Robert Samuel
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Wilkin, Charles
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, Caroline
Painter:
Downman, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Trotter, Thomas
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Henshaw, William
Draughtsman:
Mason, Rev. William
(After)
Printmaker:
Sharp, Christopher
Draughtsman:
Orde, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Bourdon, Sébastien
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Joubert, François Etienne
Draughtsman:
Perrier, François (le Bourguignon)
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, Caroline
Publisher:
Watson, Caroline
Painter:
Shelley, Samuel
(After)
Printmaker:
Schiavonetti, Luigi
Painter:
Wheatley, Francis
(After)
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Printmaker:
Chapman, John
Publisher:
Sewell, John
Painter:
Drummond, Samuel
(After)
Printmaker:
Bovi, Mariano
Publisher:
Cadell & Davies
Painter:
Zincke, Christian Friedrich
(After)
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