6.275 — Details of production method
Contents:
6.275.1 Element information
6.275.1.2 Sources of information
6.275.2 RDA definition and scope
6.275.2.1 Details of a process that is used to produce a manifestation.
6.275.3 General rule
6.275.3.1 Record fuller details of the production method if considered important (see Production method, 6.27.3.4).
Example:
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; woodcut factotum
Example:
Production method: printing
Production method: engraving
Details of production method: First quire is in letterpress; rest is engraved
Example:
Most of the drawing is done in ink wash with the clothing highlighted in pale watercolors. The item was executed in a vertical rectangle and has an ink wash border. Below the border in ink capital letters is the name “I B Cipriani In Et De.”(Ingest comment: example needs review)
Example:
Drawings are signed by artist, all in blue pencil except no. 2 which is signed in green ink(Ingest comment: example needs review)
Example:
Prints include examples of etching, lithography, wood engraving, and photolithography(Comment: The free-text details of production method may be recorded in addition to or instead of recording each of the terms separately as production method (see 6.SOMETHING.SOMETHING))
(Ingest comment: example needs review)
Example:
Unfinished painting with a Mathew Brady photograph rather than a sketch as the underdrawing; background, one cuff edge, and the white of one eye have been painted(Ingest comment: example needs review)
6.275.3.2.Y.Y Optionally, if “multiple processes” has been recorded in Production method, record in Details of production method any techniques or processes that can be identified (see 6.27.SOMETHING.SOMETHING).
Example:
Media include woodcut, etching, mezzotint, screen print, lithograph, intaglio, drypoint, engraving, and mixed media(Ingest comment: example needs review)
Example:
Original prints in the book demonstrate various techniques: aquatint, mezzotint, etching, linocut (reprint), drypoint, and engraving(Ingest comment: example needs review)
Example:
An intaglio print using multiple processes including soft-ground etching, stipple engraving, aquatint and etching, printed in color à la poupée(Ingest comment: example needs review)
6.275.3.3.Y.Y Record information about production tools (e.g. pen, pencil) if considered important.
6.275.3.4.Y.Y To record free text that combines description of production method, applied material, base material, or mount, make a Note on carrier (see 6.355.3.2).
