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Indian ink

Scope note

Inks made of carbon black pigment ground in water with water-dispersed resin used as a liquid drawing medium.

This term has 304 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

300015018

Broader Terms used

<ink by composition or origin>

Term used for

India ink
ink, india

Created

12yrs ago

Connected records

"Temporary Elysia"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Low, David

A Mill

Maker(s)

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

Henry IV before Amiens

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Quellinus, Erasmus II (Attributed to)

Ships in a heavy sea

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

Two dead fieldfares

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

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