silverpoint

silverpoint [sil-ver-point] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
2. a drawing made by this technique.

Origin of silverpoint First recorded in 1880–85; silver + point Examples from the Web for silverpoint Historical Examples of silverpoint

It is interesting to find that Leighton’s famous Lemon Tree drawing in silverpoint was exhibited here.

Frederic Lord Leighton

Ernest Rhys

British Dictionary definitions for silverpoint silverpoint noun

1. a drawing technique popular esp in the 15th and 16th centuries, using an instrument with a silver wire tip on specially prepared paper