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:
Lizars, William Home
Publisher:
Fisher, Son & Co.
Painter:
Raeburn, Henry
(After)
Printmaker:
Picart, Charles
Publisher:
Fisher, Son & Co.
Painter:
Beechey, William
(After)
Printmaker:
Thomson, James (C18th)
Publisher:
Fisher, Son & Co.
Painter:
Wivell, Abraham
(After)
Printmaker:
Holl, William II
Printer:
McQueen & Co
Publisher:
Art Union of London
Painter:
Frith, William Powell
(After)
Printmaker:
Holl, William I
Publisher:
Thornton, Robert John
Painter:
Russell, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Finden, William
Publisher:
Fisher, Son & Co.
Painter:
Pickersgill, Henry William
(After)
Printmaker:
Cardon, Anthony
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Miles, Edward
(After)
Printmaker:
Thomson, James (C18th)
Publisher:
Jackson, Peter
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Meyer, Henry Hoppner
Publisher:
Branwhite, Nathan Cooper
Painter:
Branwhite, Nathan Cooper
(After)
Printmaker:
Priscott, T.
Publisher:
Dyer, Charles
Painter:
Cotes, Francis
(After)
Printmaker:
Hunt, J.
Printer:
Rogerson & Tuxford
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