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:
Unknown
Publisher:
Bowles, Carington
Painter:
Russell, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Painter:
Caraglio, Jacopo
(After)
Painter:
Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
(After)
Painter:
Vecellio, Tiziano
(Formerly after)
Printmaker:
Humphrey, William
Publisher:
Humphrey, William
Painter:
Dunkarton, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Haid, Johann Jakob
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Draughtsman:
Füssli, Johann Kaspar I
(After)
Printmaker:
Dickinson, William
Painter:
Pine, Robert Edge
(After)
Publisher:
Dickinson, William
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Printmaker:
Faber, John II
Painter:
Davison, Jeremiah
(After)
Publisher:
Bowles, Thomas II
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Publisher:
Smith, John
Painter:
Weidemann, Friedrich Wilhelm
(After)
Printmaker:
Miller, Andrew
Painter:
Stevens, Justin
(After)
Printmaker:
Houston, Richard
Publisher:
Bowles, John
Painter:
Worlidge, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Rugendas, Christian
Publisher:
Rugendas, Christian
Painter:
Rugendas, Georg Philipp I
(After)
Printmaker:
Williams, Robert (C17th)
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Painter:
Wissing, Willem
(After)
Printmaker:
Jones, John
Publisher:
Jones, John
Painter:
Beach, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Publisher:
Humphrey, William
Painter:
Smith, John Raphael
(After)
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