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etchings

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Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."

Variations

Ätzung

etching

hard-ground etchings

ets

etskunst

gravures à l'eau forte

gravure à l'eau-forte

eau-forte

Radierung

Ätzdruck

incisione all'acquaforte

acquaforte

grabado al agua fuerte

etsning

agua fuerte

Broader Term

intaglio prints

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