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A ground is waxy material applied to the surface of a metal etching plate. A metal etching plate is a piece of sheet metal , usually copper , zinc , steel , or aluminium . The ground resists the acid or mordant which is used for etching, protecting areas of the metal plate.
Soft-ground etching uses a special softer ground. The artist places a piece of paper (or cloth etc. in modern uses) over the ground and draws on it. The print resembles a drawing. Soft ground can also be used to capture the texture or pattern of fabrics or furs pressed into the soft surface.
His soft-ground etchings complimented his brother's animal paintings, and sales of the popular prints (retailing for between 3 and 10 guineas) contributed to his brother's fame and fortune. He assisted his brother with giving art lessons to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert .
The portfolio consists of sixteen etchings drawn by the artist in April of 1989, in his New York studio. The images were proofed by Maurice Payne from 10" x 9" copper plates and printed in black ink. The author copied the text by hand on sixteen sheets of tracing paper, which were photo-etched onto 10" x 9" copper plates and printed in red ink.
[6] Holston incorporates an array of visual effects in his etchings, through the use of hard ground, soft ground and aquatint, as in Woman with Pipe (1974), one of his first prints, now included in the permanent collection of The Phillips Collection in Washington, D. C. Other prints are included in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art ...
The artist applies a ground that will resist acid. Ground is applied by dissolving powdered resin in spirits, by applying the powder directly to the surface of the plate, or by using a liquid acrylic resist. In all forms of etching the acid resist is commonly referred to as "the ground." An aquatint box is used to apply resin powder.
In etching, an acid chemically bites into a ground mixture on the plate to form the recesses instead of mechanical carving with the burin, allowing for colored images to be applied to the media with the aid of hard and soft ground mixtures and multiple etching plates, each carved with different recesses to accommodate lines of varying colors ...
Nude man seated on the ground with one leg extended: 1646 B280: 2: Jan Cornelis Sylvius, preacher [1564-1638] 1646 B187: 1: The monk in the cornfield: About 1646 B194: 3: A young man seated and standing [The walking trainer] About 1646 B278: 2: Ephraim Bonus, Jewish physician [1599-1655] 1647 B285: 4: Jan Six [1618-1700] 1647 B277: 3