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Etching

This term has 21,756 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

white-ground etching

Equivalent Terms used

hard-ground etching

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

A Devon Farmer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Soper, George

Genoa

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rushbury, Henry

Izaak Walton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Spence, Robert

Man with a glass of wine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sulpis, Émile-Jean
Painter: Unknown (After)

Couter

Maker(s)

Armourer: Helmschmied, Koloman (Possibly)

Couter

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Greave

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Sword

Maker(s)

Hilt maker: Unknown (Hilt)
Blade maker: Unknown (Blade)

Two-handed sword

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Executioner's sword

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Halberd

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Officer's dress sword

Maker(s)

Swordmaker: Jones

Partisan

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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