Mezzotint

Scope note

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.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053233

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>

Term used for

black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Say, William
Publisher: Sharp, Michael William
Painter: Sharp, Michael William (After)

An image of Print

Head of a Peasant Woman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William

An image of Print

Moonlight at sea

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Short, Frank, Sir
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)
Publisher: Dunthorne, Robert

An image of Print

John Opie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, Henry Edward (Possibly)
Painter: Opie, John (After)

Cyril Jackson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Painter: Owen, William (After)

Mr Rous(e)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Rivaux Abbey, Yorkshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Dawe, Henry Edward
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Charlotte Georgiana Seymour (née Cholmondeley)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)

Thomas Chalmers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Painter: Stewardson, Thomas (After)

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Publisher: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Phillips, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Rev. Thomas Elrington

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Painter: Foster, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

The lost Sailor

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Short, Frank, Sir
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

George Isaac Huntingford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, James, R.A.
Publisher: Cribb, Robert
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Richard Cromwell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Publisher: Woodburn, Samuel

William Emerson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Painter: Unknown (After)

Robert Cathcart

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Constable, Archibald
Painter: Raeburn, Henry (After)

Richard Payne Knight

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bromley, James
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

William Vincent

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Painter: Owen, William (After)

Unknown child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Macon. View of a river from a terrace

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Short, Frank, Sir
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)
Publisher: Dunthorne, Robert

Thomas Truebody Thomason

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Seeley & Sons
Painter: Home, Robert (After)

James Smith

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cousins, Henry
Painter: Lonsdale, James (After)

Erasmus Darwin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pym, B.
Painter: Arnold, Samuel James (After)

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