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:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Publisher:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Publisher:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker:
Dunkarton, Robert
Publisher:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Publisher:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Publisher:
Cooke, William Bernard
Draughtsman:
Jackson, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Opie, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Annis, William T.
Publisher:
Pym, B.
Painter:
De Wilde, Samuel
(After)
Printmaker:
Barlow, Thomas Oldham
Painter:
Millais, John Everett
(After)
Publisher:
Palmer, Edward S.
Printmaker:
Dawe, George
Publisher:
Hatton, David
Painter:
Raeburn, Henry
(After)
Printmaker:
Clint, George
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Cousins, Samuel
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Gulland, Elizabeth
Printmaker:
Herkomer, Hubert von
(After)
Printmaker:
Young, John
Publisher:
Richardson, William
Painter:
Mosnier, Jean Laurent
(After)
Printmaker:
Lucas, David
Painter:
Constable, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Publisher:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Raeburn, Henry
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Smith, John Raphael
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Owen, William
(After)
Publisher:
Cole, Charles
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Young, John
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Beechey, William
(After)
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