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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

Title-plate for a series of prints depicting the Raphael cartoons

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John
Publisher: Cooper, Edward
Draughtsman: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

Return from Market

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Morland, George (After)

Paul and Barnabus at Lystra

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John
Publisher: Cooper, Edward
Draughtsman: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

Elymas the Sorcerer Struck with Blindness

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John
Publisher: Cooper, Edward
Draughtsman: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

An image of Print

Dr Metcalfe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

William Windham

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jones, John
Publisher: Jones, John
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Dandridge, Bartholomew (After)

An image of Print

Nicola Cosimo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

James Reynolds

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Parmentier, James (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

James Worsdale

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dickinson, William
Painter: Pine, Robert Edge (After)

An image of Print

John Wickliffe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Haecken, Alexander van

An image of Print

Lawrence Sterne

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fisher, Edward
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Lodovico Carracci

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Townley, Charles
Publisher: Townley, Charles
Painter: Carracci, Lodovico (After)

An image of Print

Sir John Willes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Hudson, Thomas (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

Richard ('Beau') Nash

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Hudson, Thomas (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

Sir Robert Clayton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Painter: Riley, John (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Pellet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Dahl, Michael I (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

Francis Seymour Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dixon, John

An image of Print

William Benn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Hudson, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

George, Landgrave of Hesse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Murray, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Seneca

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John I
Publisher: Bakewell, Thomas

An image of Print

August Ludwig Schlözer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Haid, Johann Elias

Sir John Hobert, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Hudson, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

William O'Brien

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Painter: Cotes, Francis (After)

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