Intaglio process in which the surface of the plate is methodically roughened with a rocker to produce a dark background; areas may then be lightened using various scrapers. Produces a printed image having a continuous tonal range. PRTT
This term has 4,633 records attributed within our system.
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Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
13yrs ago
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Painter:
Vecellio, Tiziano
(After)
Painter:
Caraglio, Jacopo
(After)
Painter:
Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
(After)
Printmaker:
Saunders, Joseph I
Publisher:
Saunders, Joseph I
Painter:
Gucht, Benjamin van der
(After)
Printmaker:
Keating, George
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Morland, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Stubbs, George Townly
Publisher:
Harris, John (publisher I)
Painter:
Stubbs, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Dixon, John
Painter:
Gainsborough, Thomas
(After)
Publisher:
Ryland, William Wynne
Printmaker:
Gainsborough, Thomas
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Printmaker:
Watson, James
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Hodges, Charles Howard
Publisher:
Hodges, Charles Howard
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Publisher:
Brown, John (publisher)
Draughtsman:
Stothard, Thomas
(After)
Painter:
Peale, Charles Willson
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, James
Publisher:
Bretherton, James
Painter:
Hamilton, Hugh Douglas
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Publisher:
Darling, William
Painter:
Forbes, Anne
(After)
Printmaker:
Kingsbury, Henry
Publisher:
Fores, Samuel William
Painter:
Downman, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Painter:
Read, Catherine
(After)
Printmaker:
McArdell, James
Painter:
Hudson, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Cunningham, Edward Francis (Francesco Calza or Calze)
(After)
Printmaker:
Duquesnoy, François (il Fiammingo)
(Possibly)
Printmaker:
Brookshaw, Richard
(Formerly attributed)
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Publisher:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
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