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

Janet, Lady Erskine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Painter: Ramsay, Allan I (After)

An image of Print

Isaac Newton

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

The young draughtsman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

Frances Kemble

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jones, John
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Lady Mary Fenwick

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lumley, George
Painter: Dahl, Michael I (After)

An image of Print

William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, when Lord Bury

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Audrey or Ethelreda (née Harrison), Lady Townshend

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Vanloo, Jean Baptiste (After)
Publisher: Bowles, John

An image of Print

Mrs Abingdon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Judkins, Elizabeth
Publisher: Watson, James
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Elizabeth Canning

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Smith, William (of Chichester) (After)

An image of Print

Boy and girl

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Mercier, Philippe (After)

An image of Print

Madness

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Pine, Robert Edge (After)

An image of Print

The Country Girl [Mary Dickinson]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dickinson, William
Painter: Peters, Matthew William (After)

An image of Print

Anne (Day), Lady Fenoulhet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Anne (Day), Lady Fenoulhet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Portrait of Countess Darya Petrovna Saltykova, 1739-1802

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pether, William
Painter: Drouais, François Hubert (After)

An image of Print

Portrait of Margaret Caroline Howard, Countess of Carlisle, 1753-1824

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Publisher: Watson, James
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Lady Grammont

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

The Right Hon,,ble Robert Dundas of Arniston Lord Advocate of Scotland, &c

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jones, John
Publisher: Lawrie, A.
Painter: Raeburn, Henry (After)

An image of Print

The Rt Honble Lady Elizabeth Compton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Publisher: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Peters, Matthew William (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Birch, A.M. & R.S.S.

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Miss Stephenson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dickinson, William
Publisher: Dickinson, William
Painter: Peters, Matthew William (After)

An image of Print

Miss Horneck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dunkarton, Robert
Publisher: Shropshire, Walter
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Lady Erskine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Painter: Ramsay, Allan I (After)

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