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 4,657 records attributed within our system.
AAT
Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Publisher:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Printmaker:
Dunkarton, Robert
Painter:
Bigg, William Redmore
(After)
Publisher:
Bigg, William Redmore
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Shee, Martin Archer
(After)
Publisher:
Cribb, Robert
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Smith, John Raphael
(After)
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Painter:
Bigg, William Redmore
(After)
Publisher:
Bigg, William Redmore
Printmaker:
Barney, William Whiston
Publisher:
Barney, William Whiston
Painter:
Cosway, Richard
(After)
Printmaker:
Lucas, David
Publisher:
Parkes, Mary
Painter:
Bowyer, Robert
(After)
Publisher:
Bowyer, Robert
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Publisher:
Green, Valentine
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Meyer, Henry Hoppner
Painter:
Romney, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Cousins, Samuel
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Dunkarton, Robert
Publisher:
Wilkinson, Robert
Painter:
Medley, Samuel
(After)
Printmaker:
Say, William
Publisher:
Say, William
Painter:
Beechey, William
(After)
Printmaker:
Cousins, Samuel
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Hodgetts, Thomas
Publisher:
Welch & Gwynne
Painter:
Westmorland, Priscilla Anne Fane, Countess of
(After)
Printmaker:
Say, William
Publisher:
Say, William
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Thompson, Thomas Clement
(After)
Printmaker:
Young, John
Publisher:
Young, John
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
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