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.
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Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
13yrs ago
Printmaker:
Ward, James, R.A.
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Wright, Joseph (Wright of Derby)
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Masquerier, John James
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Mee, Anne, (nee Foldsone)
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Richardson, William
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Short, Frank, Sir
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Publisher:
Dunthorne, Robert
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Publisher:
Cooke, William Bernard
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Cousins, Henry
Painter:
Pickersgill, Henry William
(After)
Publisher:
P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Jackson, John
(After)
Artist:
Siemeister, Emil
Publisher:
Aut.press.Aut
Printmaker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker:
Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Designer:
Claude Lorrain
(Affter)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
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