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 4,657 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

Justus Lipsius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham

An image of Print

Christopher Pinchbeck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Whood or Wood, Isaac (After)

John Gawler

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Unknown man (John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough?) half length in on oval, to the right, eyes front; wearing armour, neckcloth and a wig

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Eleanor [Nell] Gwyn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Valck, Gerard
Publisher: Valck, Gerard
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

George Whitefield

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Miller, Andrew
Painter: Jenkin, M. (After)

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Duke of Greenwich

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Ramsay, Allan I (After)

An image of Print

Paul Sandby

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fisher, Edward
Painter: Cotes, Francis (After)

An image of Print

William III, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schenck, Pieter

An image of Print

Miss

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bleeck, Pieter van
Painter: Bleeck, Pieter van (After)

John Boydell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Publisher: Boydell, John
Painter: Boydell, Josiah (After)

Gaston Jean Baptiste Choiseul, Marquis de Praslain

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sarrabat, Isaac
Painter: Rigaud, Hyacinthe (After)

An image of Print

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Anne Killigrew

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Painter: Killigrew, Anne (After)

An image of Print

Frans van Mieris

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Painter: Mieris, Frans I van (After)

An image of Print

Elizabeth Fitzgerald (née Jones), Countess of Kildare

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Tompson, Richard (publisher)
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

Personification of Painting and Drawing

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaillant, Wallerant
Draughtsman: Bisschop, Jan de (Probably after)
Painter: Reni, Guido (After)

An image of Print

A Young woman with three children

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaillant, Wallerant
Publisher: Wit, Frederick de
Painter: Vaillant, Wallerant (After)

An image of Print

Mary (Villiers), Duchess of Richmond

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bruggen, Jan van der

Tobais and the angel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

An image of Print

John May

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Painter: Marinkelle, Joseph (After)

An image of Print

Charles Edward Stuart, the "Young Pretender" (Bonnie Prince Charlie)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John

An image of Print

John Wilson Croker

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Clint, George
Painter: Owen, William (After)

An image of Print

Henricus van Born

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Painter: Maes, Nicolaes (After)

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