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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

An image of Print

William Campbell Skinner

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wilson, James (18thC)
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Painter: Cotes, Francis (After)

An image of Print

Anne (née Lee), Marchioness of Wharton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)
Draughtsman: Boydell, Josiah (After)
Publisher: Boydell, John

An image of Print

Frances Kemble

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Adriaan Dorsman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Plas, Pieter van der
Painter: Plas, David van der (After)

An image of Print

Mary (Churchill), Duchess of Montagu

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Charles Erskine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Hudson, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Frans Greenwood

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schouman, Aert
Painter: Schouman, Aert (After)

An image of Print

John Burton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Painter: James, George (After)

The Mathematician

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Parr

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, George
Publisher: Sympson, Samuel

An image of Print

John Warburton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Miller, Andrew
Painter: Gucht, Michiel van der (After)

An image of Print

Henry Benedict Stuart, Cardinal York

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John

An image of Print

Charles Cholmondeley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Frye, Thomas
Painter: Wilson, Benjamin (After)
Publisher: Boydell, John

An image of Print

Christopher Clarke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Diest, Adriaen van (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

Arabella Hunt

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

The little piper

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John

An image of Print

Henrietta Crofts (née Scott), Duchess of Bolton

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

William Wake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, George
Publisher: Sympson, Samuel
Painter: Gibson, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Pulley, George
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Men on horseback in a battle; a canon on the far right

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rugendas, Christian

An image of Print

Cowherds

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Carter, George (After)
Printer: Gamble, James

An image of Print

John Sawbridge, as a Roman tribune

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, Thomas
Painter: West, Benjamin (After)

An image of Print

Richard van Bleeck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bleeck, Pieter van
Painter: Bleeck, Richard van (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Wood, of Bellericay Mills in Essex

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Thane, John
Painter: Ogborne, David (After)

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