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

Sir Walter Scott

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Phillips, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Joseph Wright

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, James, R.A.
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Wright, Joseph (Wright of Derby) (After)

An image of Print

Ship and cutter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

George III, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles

Major John Waring-Scott

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Masquerier, John James (After)

An image of Print

Henri IV, King of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Mee, Anne, (nee Foldsone) (After)

John Randolph

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Richardson, William
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)

An image of Print

Gloucester Cathedral

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Sir Francis Burdett

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, George
Painter: Unknown (After)

An image of Print

Pan and Syrinx

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Meditation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Publisher: Cooke, William Bernard
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Count Michael Woronzow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, Henry Edward
Painter: Unknown (After)

Thomas Drummons

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cousins, Henry
Painter: Pickersgill, Henry William (After)
Publisher: P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd

Thomas Merriman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Painter: Bridges, John (After)

An image of Print

George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Jackson, John (After)

Thomas Weld

Maker(s)

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

Andrew Bell

Maker(s)

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

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Bücher & Hefte : Sein und Schein in Buchgestalt : von der zeichnerischen und methodischen Deklinierung der Bücher

Maker(s)

Artist: Siemeister, Emil
Publisher: Aut.press.Aut

Emil Siemeister : Schweben der fallen ; Spagyrik 2.

Maker(s)

Artist: Siemeister, Emil
Publisher: Aut.press.Aut

An image of Print

Solway Moss

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Miss Julia MacDonald

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cousins, Samuel
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

Mountain landscape with goats

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Designer: Claude Lorrain (Affter)
Publisher: Boydell, John

Hayfield in Yorkshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Short, Frank, Sir
Draughtsman: De Wint, Peter (After)

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