Looking at Prints: A Guide to Technical Terms |
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acid Act of Parliament actual areas artificial rarity artist Artist's proof bed passes biting bitten blade block British Museum burin burr Chalk lithograph class of intaglio colour illustrations ISBN Colour printing Counterproof dabber dampened dotted manner drawing medium drypoint eighteenth century etched line etched plate etcher draws etching ground etching q.v. Excudit exposed lines graver see Engraving greasy GUIDE TO TECHNICAL impression taken incised inked and wiped intaglio plate intaglio print metal plate Metalcut mezzotint muslin nineteenth century paper by running pencil or chalk photomechanical plate is covered plate-mark q.v. press see Presses print black printing ink printing process printmaking process was invented relief printing Remarque Rembrandt reproduced resin Retroussage roller Roulette scraper press scratched screen screenprinting Soft-ground etching stencil stipple and aquatint Stipple engraving TECHNICAL TERMS Paul technique TERMS Paul Goldman tone process tool UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN usually be distinguished variety of etching varnish Wood-engraving woodcut