Photogravure

Scope note

An intaglio photomechanical process in which the metal printing plate is prepared using a bichromate process, leaving a gelatin resist of varying thickness. The plate is etched to form cells of varying depth able to hold different amounts of ink. If done with an aquatint grain, use "photoaquatint."

This term has 70 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053207

Broader Terms used

<photomechanical processes: intaglio>

Narrower Terms used

hand photogravure
machine photogravure
photoaquatint

Term used for

photo-etching
photoetching

Equivalent Terms used

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Dentaria enneaphylla

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien

Lepidium perfoliatum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Crested or Fen Buckler-fern

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Glaisher, Cecilia

An image of Album

Van Dyck Etchings and their states, by an Amateur

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dyck, Anthony van

An image of Print

Cecchino or Chiquine (Jean) Desboutin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Desboutin, Marcellin Gilbert

Menu card

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thompson, David Langley

Bookplate of Antoinette Esher

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Portrait of Whistler

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (After)

Paysan cerclant une tonne

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Millet, Jean François (After)
Printer: Yves & Barret

Still life of books, a vase and skull on a cabinet, framed by a freize of playing putti: bookplate of Richard Polak

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Polak, Richard
Draughtsman: Holbein, Hans, the younger (After)

Dieppe, The Old Hotel Royal (facsimile version)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sickert, Walter Richard

Sheet of trials for Wedgwood designs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)

Bookplate of Wiiliam Athur Boord

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Bookplate of Harry Percy Boord

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Couples in the park

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Equisetum elongatum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Ranunculus lanuginosus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Cerastium brachypetalum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Paeonia tenuifolia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Corydalis fabacea and C. pumila

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Notochlaena Marantae and Grammitis Ceterach

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Onobrychis sativa

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Potentillan reptans

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

Genista sagittalis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ettingshausen, Constantin von
Publisher: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien
Printmaker: Pokorny, Alois

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