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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

John Abernethy, dissenting minister

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Latham, James (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

William Pitt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houston, Richard
Painter: Hoare, William (After)

An image of Print

Nicholas Sanderson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Banck, Jan van der (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

Elizabeth Hartley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dickinson, William
Painter: Nixon, John (After)

An image of Print

Frederick V, King of Bohemia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John I
Publisher: Bakewell, Thomas
Painter: Miereveld, Michiel Jansz. van (After)

An image of Print

Pierre de la Roche Mousquetaire du Roy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sarrabat, Isaac
Painter: Levrac-Tournières, Robert (After)

An image of Print

John Worley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John I

An image of Print

Johannes Andreas Schmid of Altenstadt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vogel, Bernhard
Publisher: Vogel, Bernhard
Painter: Kupezky, Johann (After)

Alexander Chocke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Highmore, Joseph (After)

An image of Print

Sarah Pridden (Sally Salisbury)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (Possibly after)

An image of Print

Ingham Forster

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Morland, Henry Robert (After)

An image of Print

Jane Scrimshaw

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John I
Publisher: Faber, John I

An image of Print

Simon Lord Harcourt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Wilson, Benjamin (After)

An image of Print

George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Spilsbury, Jonathan
Publisher: Spilsbury, Jonathan
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Portrait of Pheobe Hoppner as a flower seller

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dean, John
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)
Publisher: Walker, James (C18th)

Rubens with his wife and child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

An image of Print

Samuel Greatheed

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houston, Richard
Publisher: Downs, G.
Painter: Hoare, William (After)

An image of Print

Robert Ker, 2nd Duke of Roxburghe

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John
Publisher: Johnston, Andrew
Painter: Unknown (After)

An image of Print

John Gay

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kyte, Francis
Painter: Aikman, William (After)

An image of Print

The Effigies of the Eight Worthy Aldermen of the City of London, who upon all Occasions have strenuously Exerted Themselves in Defence of the Ancient Rights and Priviledges of their Fellow Citizens.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John
Publisher: Overton, Phillip

An image of Print

Called Johann Gottfried Bauer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Verkolje, Nicolaas Jansz.
Painter: Klein, Daniel, II (After)

An image of Print

Henry Grattan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hodges, Charles Howard
Painter: Stuart, Gilbert (After)

An image of Print

William Hayley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jacobé, Johann
Painter: Romney, George (After)

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