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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

William Tournay

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Kirkby, Thomas (After)

Robert Ballard Long

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Fowler, William (After)

An image of Print

Death and Dr.Hornbook

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William

An image of Print

Whittell York

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

Revd. Samuel Parr

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Say, William
Painter: Artaud, William (After)

An image of Print

Rispah

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Dunkarton, Robert
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

An image of Print

Major General George Murray

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Meyer, Henry Hoppner
Publisher: Cribb, Robert
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Death and Dr.Hornbook

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William

An image of Print

Rivaux Abbey, Yorkshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, Henry Edward
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Edmund Keene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Painter: Zoffany, Johann Joseph (After)

An image of Print

Joseph Harris, as Cardinal Wolsey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, Henry Edward

Anna Maria Bradshaw (née Tree)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Joseph, George Francis (After)

An image of Print

Joseph Harris, as Cardinal Wolsey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, Henry Edward

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Publisher: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Lover, Samuel (After)

An image of Print

John Wilkinson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Clint, George
Painter: Ashby, Harry (After)
Publisher: Ashby, Harry

An image of Print

Isleworth

Maker(s)

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

Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl Grosvenor

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Young, John
Publisher: Young, John
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)

An image of Print

Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol and Earl Jermyn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Young, John
Publisher: Young, John
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)

An image of Print

James Northcote

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Dawe, George (After)

An image of Print

"Ae Day when to the Well she went"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William

An image of Print

Thomas Malton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barney, William Whiston
Painter: Stuart, Gabriel (After)

An image of Print

Called Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Painter: Unknown (After)
Publisher: Woodburn, Samuel

An image of Print

Mizra Abul Hassan Khan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, John
Publisher: Hodgson, Boys & Graves
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Mother Shipton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Townley, Charles
Publisher: Caulfield, James
Ouseley, William (After)

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