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

East Gate, Winchelsea

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Portrait of the Reverend Professor Fenton John Anthony Hort

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William
Printmaker: Jacomb-Hood, George Percy (After)

The Rt. Hon. Arthur Cohen, K.C.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Short, Frank, Sir
Painter: Sargent, John Singer (After)

A Heath

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Summer Afternoon, After a Shower

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Autumnal Sunset

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Stoke-by-Neyland, Suffolk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Boats in a breeze

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Owen, Samuel (After)

Summer Morning

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Spring

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Jaques And The Wounded Stag

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Cottage in a Cornfield

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Mill near Colchester

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Stoke-by-Neyland, Suffolk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Summer Evening

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Summer Evening

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

American View

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Unknown (After)

Frontispiece - Artist's home at East Bergholt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

East Bergholt Church

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Arundel Mill and Castle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Stoke-by-Neyland, Suffolk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Yarmouth, Norfolk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Castle Acre Priory

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Frontispiece - Artist's home at East Bergholt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

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