Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
aquatint .
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- noun dated, art
aquatint
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Examples
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These "Observations" were the first of a series of volumes by Gilpin on the scenery of Great Britain, composed in a poetic and somewhat over-luxuriant style, illustrated by drawings in aquatinta, and all described on the title page as "Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty."
A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 1886
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'* At Ramsgate I picked up two neat aquatinta engravings, just then published; one of' The Bathing Place, Ramsgate, 'the other,' The Harbour and Pier, Ramsgate, ** drawn by R.
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