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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

Josiah Pratt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Wyatt, Henry (After)

Charles William Vane-Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Georgiana Agar-Ellis (née Howard), Lady Dover

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Jackson, John (After)

Portraits of Botanists

Maker(s)

Publisher: Thornton, Robert John

An image of Print

Robert Bloomfield

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Young, John
Publisher: Bloomfield, Robert
Painter: Violet, Pierre (After)

Henry Hatsell

Maker(s)

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

Margate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Falmouth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Pourtsmouth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Deal

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Whitby

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Sheerness

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Portsmouth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Godfrey Sykes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Painter: Stewardson, John (After)

Scarborough

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Mouth of the River Humber, 1826

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Phillips, George Henry
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Ramsgate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gaitskell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Publisher: Ward, William
Painter: Stewardson, Thomas (After)

William Bruce

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hodgetts, Thomas

An image of Print

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Meyer, Henry Hoppner
Painter: Romney, George (After)

An image of Print

Sun-rise. Whiting fishing at Margate

Maker(s)

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

The Right Honorable William Pitt.

Maker(s)

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

Portrait of William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1766-1848

Maker(s)

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

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Cotton

Maker(s)

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

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