1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
AQUATINT (Lat. aqua, water, and lincla, dyed), a kind of etching (q.v.) which imitates washes with a brush. There are many ways of preparing a plate for aquatint, the following being recommended by P. G. Hamerton. Have three different solutions of rosin in rectified alcohol, making them of various degrees of strength, but always thin enough to be quite fluid, the weakest solution being almost colourless. First pour the strongest solution on the plate. When it dries it will produce a granulation; and you may now bit…
- Source status
- OCR text aligned to scanned pages
- Pages
- Vol. 2, pp. 239-239