Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Green, J. H. (John Hippisley)
Title:
The complete aquatinter : being the whole process of etching and engraving in aquatinta : the method of using the aquafortis, with all the necessary tools : to which are added upwards of sixty of the best receipts for grounds, varnishes, &c. : collected from near a hundred that are most in use : the difficulties which may possibly occur, are point out, and the method of obviating them : the whole rendered clear and practical.
Alternate Title(s):
Art of engraving in aquatinta &c.
Edition:
Second edition, with many valuable improvements and additions, amongst which are Madame Prestels ground, etching upon glass, the new method of corroding the copper without the aid of aquafortis, &c.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by J. Barfield, Wardour-Street; for J.H. Green, book and printseller, Wells-street, Oxford-street ..., 1804.
Physical Description:
viii, 25, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title, on publisher's engraved label: The art of engraving in aquatinta &c.
Subject Terms:
Aquatint -- Technique. | Prints -- Technique. | Glass engraving -- Technique. | Barfield, J. -- Printer. | Green, J. H. (John Hippisley) -- Publisher. | Ackermann, Rudolph, Junior -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Manuals (Handbooks) -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Annotations (Provenance) | Aquatints -- 1804. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1804.
Contributors:
Jeakes, Joseph, ill.