Impossible Monsters

The materials and techniques of Francisco Goya’s intaglio prints

By Louise Wilson, Conservator of Paper and Ruth Shervington, Senior Conservator of Paper.

Table of contents

Introduction

I

Print scholarship

II

Learning the art of printmaking

III

Copperplate supply

IV

Transfer of drawings onto copperplates: Hard ground

V

Linear techniques: Etching

VI

Drypoint

VII

Engraving (burin)

VIII

Tonal Techniques: Aquatint

IX

Textural Etching

X

Direct Etching (Lavis)

XI

Highlighting Techniques: Burnishing

XII

Stopping out

XIII

Scraping

XIV

Printing: Ink

XV

Paper

XVI

Working proofs

XVII

Editions

XVIII

Conclusion

XIX

Notes and acknowledgements

XX