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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 982 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053239

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (Possibly after?)
Painter: Beale, Mary (Possibly after?)

Girl seated by a tree

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Idle Laundress

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Painter: Morland, George (After)
Publisher: Smith, J. R.

The Industrious Cottager

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Morland, George (After)
Publisher: Macklin, H.

Calisto

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Stothard, Thomas

Morning Amusement

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Painter: Watteau, Jean Antoine (After)
Publisher: Macklin, H.

The Awakening of Leonora

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Perry
Printmaker: Blake, William (After)

William Blake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Phillips, Thomas (After)

William Cowper

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Draughtsman: Lawrence, Thomas (After)
Printmaker: Blake, William (Formerly attributed)

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