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drypoint: a standalone construct

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Art history

an intaglio technique of scratching lines directly into the plate with a needle, whose raised burr prints a soft, velvety line.

In art history, drypoint refers to an intaglio technique of scratching lines directly into the plate with a needle, whose raised burr prints a soft, velvety line. This meaning comes from Hind (1923) in A history of engraving and etching from the 15th century to the year 1914.[1]

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Hind, A. M. (1923). A history of engraving and etching from the 15th century to the year 1914. Dover Publications. Open Library record

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