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

Silvester Petyt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, George
Painter: Bleeck, Richard van (After)

An image of Print

Layton Smith

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II

Anne, Princess of Orange, with her husband William IV, Prince of Orange

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Dijk, Philip van (After)

An image of Print

Sir Hans Sloane

Maker(s)

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

Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester, with his son Thomas

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Mrs Horneck [Hannah Horneck (née Mangles)]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Purcell, Richard
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Peter Van der Banck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, George

An image of Print

James, 1st Duke of Leinster, 20th Duke of Kildare

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Soldiers resting in a landscape; men on horseback approaching from the right

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rugendas, Christian
Publisher: Rugendas, Christian
Painter: Rugendas, Georg Philipp I (After)

An image of Print

Mary of Modena, Queen of James II

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Stringer Lawrence

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Purcell, Richard
Publisher: Withy, Robert
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Sir Edward Hawke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Knapton, George (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Painter: Wissing, Willem (After)

An image of Print

Queen Anne

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Caroline Wilhelmina, queen of George II, when princess of Wales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Conyers Middleton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Eckhardt, Johannes Aegidius (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork (when Lord Clifford) with his sister, Lady Jane Boyle

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Henry Sacheverell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Painter: Russel, Antony (After)

An image of Print

Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John
Publisher: Cooper, Edward
Painter: Dahl, Michael I (After)

Two soldiers wrapped in capes on horseback

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rugendas, Christian
Publisher: Rugendas, Christian
Painter: Rugendas, Georg Philipp I (After)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Martin, David
Painter: Ramsay, Allan I (After)

An image of Print

Sophonisba Angusciola

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baillie, William
Painter: Anguissola, Sofonisba (After)

An image of Print

Prince Eugène of Savoy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Richter, David, I (After)

An image of Print

Madame de Mouchy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Purcell, Richard
Publisher: Parker, Henry
Painter: Coypel, Charles Antoine (After)
Printmaker: Surugue, Louis (After)

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