The Iron Forge between Dolgelli and Barmouth in Merioneth Shire, Plate 6 of XII Views in North Wales, 1776, Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink, sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 in. (21.3 x 29.8 cm), Prints, Paul Sandby (British, baptized Nottingham 1731–1809 London), Sandby was already an experienced watercolorist and etcher when he began tinkering with Jean-Baptiste Le Prince's recipe for applying tonal areas to etchings with resin powder. But, instead of distributing the powder dry, he dissolved it in 'rectified spirits of wine' so that it could be brushed on an etching plate like an ink wash, a process for which he coined the term aquatint
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