A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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Lithographic aquatint
Senefelder tried to adapt aquatint to lithography in a variety of ways: either by "injecting" (as he called it) chemical ink into the stone with a brush (spatter technique) or by graining with a damp resin process i.e. using resin suspended in "well corrected wine spirit" or turpentine oil. He also tried to create an aquatint backdrop using tallow dabbed onto the stone with a woolen dabber. Yet another method he developed was to grain with a chemical crayon and then scrape the stone. [litho wash drawing].
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