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Wash

Scope note

Broad, thin film of highly diluted pigment. A-Z

This term has 390 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300011051

Broader Terms used

<coating by form>

Narrower Terms used

black wash
bodycolour wash
coloured wash
ink wash
monochrome wash
oil wash
red chalk wash
watercolour wash
white wash

Created

13yrs ago

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Maker(s)

Potter: Godfrey, Ian

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Maker(s)

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Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Brown, Ford Madox

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Maker(s)

Printmaker: Denon, Dominique Vivant (Attributed)
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Rocky landscape

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Wright, Joseph (Wright of Derby)

The Latin Gate, Rome

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bone, David Muirhead

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Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Penley, Aaron Edwin

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Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

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An Angel

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Reni, Guido (Attributed to)

View of the north side of Kilchurn Castle

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Penley, Aaron Edwin

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Seated youth

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

From the Porto Rosso, Florence

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rushbury, Henry

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Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Kneale, Bryan

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Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Walker, Frederick

An image of Drawing

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Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

An image of Drawing

Butcher dismembering a pig

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

An image of Drawing

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Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

An image of Drawing

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Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

An image of Drawing

An animal in a courtyard with musicians in a balcony, above

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

An image of Drawing

Scalped lizard in a landscape

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

An image of Drawing

Figures in a river by a lock gate

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

An image of Drawing

Man beating a horse

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

An image of Drawing

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Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van

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