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 2,850 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

60. Linnell correspondence portraits ...

Maker(s)

Writer: Palmer, Alfred Herbert

Letters from Italy 2. (no. 6 to 8)

Maker(s)

Writer: Palmer, Alfred Herbert
Writer: Palmer, Samuel
Writer: Palmer, Hannah Emma (nee Linnell)

Letters from Italy 7. (no. 27 to 31)

Maker(s)

Writer: Palmer, Alfred Herbert
Writer: Palmer, Samuel
Writer: Palmer, Hannah Emma (nee Linnell)

67. John Linnell's relations

Maker(s)

Writer: Palmer, Alfred Herbert

63. John Linnell Portraits entered here June and July 1927 No.1

Maker(s)

Writer: Palmer, Alfred Herbert

Winter table

Maker(s)

Printmaker: O'Connor, John
Writer: O'Connor, John

View from the top of Cader Idris, Wales

Maker(s)

Two studies of a bust of John bright by D.W. Stevenson

Maker(s)

Greeting cards

Maker(s)

Printer: Stanbrook Abbey Press
Writer: Hildelith (Sister)
Writer: Dreyfus, John

An image of Book of hours

Book of hours

An image of Other

Homeliae super Vetus Testamentum

Maker(s)

Author: Origen
Translator: Aquileia, Rufinus of

An image of Gospel book

Gospel book

An image of Other

Old Testament with glosses

An image of Book of hours

Hours

Maker(s)

Artist: Bellini, Leonardo

An image of Other

Prayerbook

An image of Bible

Biblia figurata

An image of Other

Ordinary of the Mass

Spring

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Shinoda, Toko

An image of Breviary

Breviary

An image of Book of hours

Book of Hours (of Isabella Stuart)

Maker(s)

Artist: Master of the Hours of Rohan
Artist: Master of Giac
Artist: Master of the Madonna (And associates)

PB 225-2003

Maker(s)

Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
Contributor: Chamson, André
Illustrator: Duvoisin, Roger
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Writer: Marks, Saul
Designer: Marks, Saul
Designer: Marks, Lillian
Printer: Plantin Press

Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Flower of Islington Academy

Felix Slade legacy

Maker(s)

Writer: University College London, Faculty of Fine Arts
Writer: Field, Edwin W.

An image of MS 8010-2000_2_201605_kly25_mas.tif

Notice to give evidence, Old Bailey

Maker(s)

Writer: Police Court Bow Street

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