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:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Wilson, Richard
(After)
Publisher:
Cooke, William Bernard
Printmaker:
Say, William
Publisher:
Tiffin, Walter Benjamin
Painter:
Simpson, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Young, John
Publisher:
Young, John
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Meyer, Henry Hoppner
Draughtsman:
Wilkin, Francis William
(After)
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Marshall, Ben
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Phillips, George Henry
Painter:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Bell, Edward
Publisher:
Bell, Edward
Painter:
Beechey, William
(After)
Publisher:
Freeman, Jeremiah
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Dawe, George
Publisher:
Dawe, George
Painter:
Home, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Masquerier, John James
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Barney, William Whiston
Publisher:
Palser, Thomas
Painter:
Gainsborough, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Devis, Arthur William
(After)
Printmaker:
Hodgetts, Thomas
Printer:
Lane, John
Publisher:
Edmonstone, James
Painter:
Edmonstone, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Dawe, George
Publisher:
Dawe, George
Painter:
Northcote, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Lonsdale, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Reinagle, Ramsay Richard
Painter:
Reinagle, Ramsay Richard
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Publisher:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
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