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A naturally occurring crystalline form of carbon dimorphous with diamond. It is opaque, soft, greasy to the touch, and iron black to steel gray; it occurs as crystals, flakes, scales, veins, bedded masses, or disseminations in metamorphic rocks. AGID84

This term has 10,109 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300011098

Broader Terms used

Term used for

black lead
lead, black
plumbago

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Drawing

A Public Execution in Rome

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Géricault, Jean Louis André Théodore

Seated woman with a fan

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Moreau, Luc-Albert

An image of Print

Sir Galahad

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Printmaker: Linton, William James

Study for 'The Rosary'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Janmot, Louis

Street Study

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Frontispiece - Artist's home at East Bergholt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Studies of a horse

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Legros, Alphonse

Girl with Braided Hair

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Brockhurst, Gerald Leslie

Iglau, Moravia Bohemia frontier

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Henderson, John I

St. Pierre, Caen

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Edridge, Henry

An image of Drawing

Two galleys at anchor

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Casembrot, Abraham (Attributed to)

Design for Samuel to Psalms - Tailpiece

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Pasiphaé

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen

Design for a stone vase (or urn)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Delafosse, Jean Charles

An image of Drawing

The Magdalen, Mary and St John at the foot of the cross

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Crayer, Gaspar de (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

A peasant woman carrying a child on her back

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Wouwerman, Philips

Dancer

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Matisse, Henri

Danaë

Maker(s)

Painter: Sleigh, Bernard

The School inspector

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Forain, Jean Louis

Seated peasant drinking

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ostade, Adriaen van

An image of Drawing

Achilles and Cheiron (?)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rodin, Auguste

An image of Drawing

Eragny

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Pissarro, Camille

Karlsbad

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Henderson, John I

Hadleigh Castle (small plate)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

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