aquatint

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aquatint
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aquatint

Summary

aquatint ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (173 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • aquatint is a type of etching[2].
  • aquatint's Commons category is recorded as Aquatint[3].
  • aquatint's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aquatint[4].
  • aquatint's Commons gallery is recorded as Aquatinta[5].
  • aquatint's product or material produced is recorded as aquatint print[6].
  • aquatint's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • aquatint's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • aquatint's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • aquatint's described by source is recorded as Practical Guide to Etching and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques[10].
  • aquatint's uses is recorded as mordant[11].
  • aquatint's practiced by is recorded as aquatintist[12].
  • aquatint's significant person is recorded as Francisco Goya[13].
  • aquatint's significant person is recorded as Paul Sandby[14].

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Definition and Type

aquatint is a type of etching[2].

Why It Matters

aquatint ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (173 views/month).[1] aquatint has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] aquatint is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant person Francisco Goya, Paul Sandby
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    Uses mordant
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17324, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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