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sculpsit

[ skoolp-sit; English skuhlp-sit ]

verb

, Latin.
  1. he engraved, carved, or sculptured (it); she engraved, carved, or sculptured (it). : sc.


sculpsit

/ ˈskʌlpsɪt /

(no translation)

  1. he (or she) sculptured it: an inscription following the artist's name on a sculpture
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Catherine Nicholson, deputy director of the conservation lab at the National Archives, explained that “sc” stands for “sculpsit,” an 18th-century designation added after an engraver’s name.

"F. Bonneville del. et sculpsit" is its whole history.

I hope sincerely ’tis not a party concern—that no Mr. —— or —— is the real Pinxit and Severn the poor Sculpsit to this work of art.

Oudry’s designs are always adequate, and have more virility in them than is often found in the work of this school, and they are competently interpreted by a number of etchers and engravers, some of whom, it may be noted, worked together in pairs on the same plate, so that we find such signatures as “C. Cochin aqua forti, R. Gaillard c�lo sculpsit,” and “Grav� � l’eau forte par C. Cochin, termin� au burin par P. Chenu”—a very explicit statement of the method of work.

George Mountaine, Bishop of London; G.Y. sculpsit; very fine and rare.

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