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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 4,658 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

Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, called 'Prince'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Johnson (C18th)
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Painter: Morgens, de (After)

An image of Print

Domestick Employment. Needle-work.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houston, Richard
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Publisher: Bowles, John
Painter: Mercier, Philippe (After)

An image of Print

William Harvard

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fisher, Edward
Painter: Worlidge, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Mrs Humphrey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Publisher: Humphrey, William
Draughtsman: Smith, John Raphael (After)

An image of Print

Kings of England [Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, William III, Mary II, Anne, Geroge I, George II]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Carwitham, John
Publisher: Caldwell, Richard

An image of Print

Mrs. Mary Anne Granville

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Phillips or Philips, Richard (After)
Publisher: Bowles, Thomas II
Publisher: Bowles, John

George II, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Hudson, Thomas (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

Leopold von Kollonitsch

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bruggen, Jan van der

Lucas van Uffel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaillant, Wallerant
Publisher: Vaillant, Wallerant
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

William Woodward

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Painter: Taverner, Jeremiah (After)

An image of Print

Charles II, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Lutterell, Edward (Possibly)
Publisher: Cooper, Edward

An image of Print

Stephen Weston

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, George
Painter: Hudson, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Edward Southwell

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Catherine (née Kneller) Huckle as Mary Magdalene

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

François Boucher

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gautier d'Agoty, Jean Baptiste Andre (Attributed)
Painter: Roslin, Alexander (After)

An image of Print

Camillus Hone

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baillie, William
Painter: Hone, Nathaniel I (After)

An image of Print

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Johnson, Thomas
Publisher: Cooper, Edward
Painter: Soest, Gerard (After)

An image of Print

Louis Quinze

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vispré, François-Xavier
Painter: Liotard, Jean Étienne (After)

An image of Print

John Greenwood

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pether, William

An image of Print

Reading of a letter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaillant, Wallerant
Publisher: Vaillant, Wallerant
Painter: Zyl, Gerard Pietersz. van (After)

An image of Print

John Mudge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dickinson, William
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Anne Duchess of Monmouth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beckett, Isaac

An image of Print

Mrs Morris

Maker(s)

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

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