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• soft ground — noun 1. : a mixture of ordinary etching ground usually with tallow or grease that is used chiefly to obtain textural lines and effects on the plate by pressing cloth or similar material into the ground or by drawing with a pencil on a piece of… …   Useful english dictionary

• soft ground — 1. an etching ground usually mixed with tallow. Cf. hard ground. 2. a technique of etching in which a design is drawn on paper placed on a plate covered with a soft ground, resulting in a granular effect resembling pencil, chalk, or crayon. * * * …   Universalium

• Etching — For other uses of etch or etching, see Etching (disambiguation), for the history of the method, see old master prints. The Soldier and his Wife. Etching by Daniel Hopfer, who is believed to have been the first to apply the technique to… …   Wikipedia

• etching — /ech ing/, n. 1. the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin. 2. an impression, as on paper, taken from an etched plate. 3. the design so produced. 4. a… …   Universalium

• hard ground — noun : etching ground melted from a ball or cake onto a heated plate and spread while soft by means of a roller or dabber * * * an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Cf. soft …   Useful english dictionary

• hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Cf. soft ground (def. 1). * * * …   Universalium

• printmaking — /print may king/, n. the art or technique of making prints, esp. as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy. [1925 30; PRINT + MAKING] * * * Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but… …   Universalium

• Maxime Lalanne — François Antoine Maxime Lalanne (November 27, 1827 July 29, 1886) was a French artist known for his etchings and charcoal drawings (fusain). Contents 1 Early life 2 Entry into artistic career 3 Move to Paris 4 Prints …   Wikipedia

• Rops, Félicien — ▪ Belgian artist born July 7, 1833, Namur, Belg. died Aug. 22, 1898, Essonnes, France       Belgian painter and graphic artist remembered primarily for his prints.       Rops attended the University of Brussels. His early work on student… …   Universalium

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• Francis Job Short — (June 19, 1857 ndash;April 22 1945), English engraver, was born at Stourbridge, Worcestershire.He was educated to be a civil engineer, and was engaged on various works in the Midlands until 1881, when he came to London as assistant to Mr Baldwin… …   Wikipedia