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.
AAT
Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
13yrs ago
Printmaker:
Lupton, Thomas Goff
Printmaker:
Cooke, William Bernard
Printmaker:
Cooke, George
Printmaker:
Wallis, Robert
Printmaker:
Miller, William
Printmaker:
Radclyffe, William
Printmaker:
Allen, James Charles
Printmaker:
Jeavons, Thomas
Printmaker:
Brandard, Robert
Printmaker:
Goodall, Edward
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Author:
Ruskin, John
Publisher:
E. Gambart & Co.
Printmaker:
Lucas, David
Painter:
Leslie, Charles Robert
(After)
Publisher:
Carpenter, J. & Son
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Painter:
Jackson, John
(After)
Publisher:
Cooke, William Bernard
Printmaker:
Say, William
Painter:
Beechey, William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Abbott, Lemuel Francis
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Hodgetts, Thomas
Publisher:
Colnaghi & Co.
Painter:
Northcote, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Zoffany, Johann Joseph
(After)
Printmaker:
Dawe, George
Painter:
Northcote, James
(After)
Publisher:
Dawe, George
Printmaker:
Clint, George
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Publisher:
Clint, George
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William II
Publisher:
Sheppard, R.
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
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