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:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Printmaker:
Goudt, Hendrik
(After)
Painter:
Elsheimer, Adam
(After)
Publisher:
Browne, Alexander
Printmaker:
Blooteling, Abraham
Painter:
Sorgh, Hendrik Martensz.
(After)
Publisher:
Jonghe, Clement de
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Printmaker:
McArdell, James
Publisher:
McArdell, James
Painter:
Brouwer, Adriaen
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, James
Publisher:
Watson, James
Draughtsman:
Carriera, Rosalba
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Massys, Quentin
(After)
Printmaker:
Faber, John II
Publisher:
Faber, John II
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Printmaker:
Wilson, James
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Draughtsman:
Carriera, Rosalba
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Northcote, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Houston, Richard
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Painter:
Zoffany, Johann Joseph
(After)
Printmaker:
Tassaert, Philippe Joseph
Publisher:
Tassaert, Philippe Joseph
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Keating, George
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Morland, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Draughtsman:
Farington, Joseph
(After)
Painter:
Snyders, Frans
(After)
Painter:
Boeckhorst, Jan
(After)
Printmaker:
Okey, Samuel
Publisher:
Okey, Samuel
Painter:
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban
(After)
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
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