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 4,658 records attributed within our system.
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Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Faber, John II
Painter:
Hudson, Thomas
(After)
Publisher:
Faber, John II
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Largillière, Nicolas de
(After)
Publisher:
Beckett, Isaac
Printmaker:
Lens, Bernard II
Painter:
Wyck, Jan
(After)
Publisher:
Smith, John
Painter:
Weidemann, Friedrich Wilhelm
(After)
Printmaker:
Simon, John
Publisher:
Simon, John
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Publisher:
Beckett, Isaac
Printmaker:
Townley, Charles
Publisher:
Townley, Charles
Painter:
Hogarth, William
(After)
Printmaker:
Ford, Michael
Painter:
Hoare, William
(After)
Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Publisher:
Smith, John
Painter:
Hirschmann, Johann Leonhard
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Painter:
Velde, Willem II van de
(After)
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Printmaker:
Williams, Robert (C17th)
Painter:
Hill, Thomas (b.1661)
(After)
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Lely, Peter
(After)
Publisher:
Browne, Alexander
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Publisher:
Smith, John
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
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