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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 303 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

A state coach

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Guys, Constantin

La Bouille

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Millet, Jean François (Copy after)

The Bill

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Monnier, Henry

A wild boar hunt

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Vinckeboons, David (Attributed to)

Henry IV before Amiens

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Quellinus, Erasmus II (Attributed to)

Ships in a heavy sea

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

A man-of-war saluting

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Zeeman, Reinier (Attributed to)

Wooded landscape

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Kobell, Franz Innocenz Josef (Attributed to)

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