aquatint
[ak-wuh-tint, ah-kwuh-]
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noun
a process imitating the broad flat tints of ink or wash drawings by etching a microscopic crackle on the copperplate intended for printing.
an etching made by this process.
verb (used with or without object)
to etch in aquatint.
Origin of aquatint
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Of these methods only aquatint survived after early years of the 19th century.
John Baptist JacksonJacob Kainen
The terms were, that Turner was to etch and Lewis to aquatint at five guineas a plate.
TurnerWilliam Cosmo Monkhouse
The plate has a wash of aquatint, all over it, and the etching is free and bold.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First VolumeJoseph Grego
Aquatint, a method of etching on copper by which a beautiful effect is produced, resembling a fine drawing in sepia or Indian ink.
In these etching merely provides the ground plan for the use of mezzotint, or, more rarely, aquatint.
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aquatint
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Word Origin for aquatint
C18: from Italian acqua tinta: dyed water
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