Ink

Scope note

A fluid medium used for drawings or tracings. An opaque, usually black, pigment is mixed with a vehicle such as water to produce a fluid which can be applied with a pen or stylus. Through the end of the 19th century, ink was supplied dried in stick or block form which was ground and mixed with water as needed. At the beginning of this century prepared ink became popular. MCFAD

This term has 18,825 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300015012

Broader Terms used

<coating by form>

Narrower Terms used

<ink by composition or origin>
<ink by function>
<ink by property>

Created

13yrs ago

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Author: Barker, Nicolas
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Author: Lommen, Mathieu
Contributor: Croiset van Uchelen, A.R.A.
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Author: Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James
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Editor: Norton, Robert
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Author: Cockerell, Sydney C.
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Writer: Lear, Edward
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Author: Rogers, Bruce
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An image of Print

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Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

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