Print style
Neoclassical Stipple
Tone built from thousands of small dots and flicks rather than lines, crowding together in the shadows and thinning out to bare paper in the light. Paris example from the Poster Stamp collection.
Make a stamp in this styleThe print tradition
Tone built from thousands of small dots and flicks rather than lines, crowding together in the shadows and thinning out to bare paper in the light.
- Period
- Britain and France, 1770s to 1820s
- Process
- Stipple engraving
- Marks
- Ruled lines on the buildings, stippled dots on the trees
- Frame
- Greek portico in hand stipple: dotted pediment, fluted Doric columns, laurel drops, tabula ansata
The example
A shower along the Seine. The example starts from a Rainpost scene render of Paris. The browser editor applies a local print treatment to your photo; the historical collection is an artistic interpretation.
