William Blake (1757-1827) was another major artist of monotype. He developed the technique of monotypes by using egg tempera to create some of the images for his poems. However, because he was quite secretive with his unique techniques, the methods he applied was not popular.
During the etching revival, Vicomte Ludovic Napoleon Lepic (1839-1889) introduced a new technique, which he called it “l’eau-forte mobile” (variable etchings), where he used one set of an etched image of a landscape and created 85 dramatic variations on the basic composition simply by the wiping of his plate. His prints were amazing, as the etchings