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 4,657 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

The lost Sailor

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Short, Frank, Sir
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

George Isaac Huntingford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, James, R.A.
Publisher: Cribb, Robert
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Richard Cromwell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Publisher: Woodburn, Samuel

William Emerson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Painter: Unknown (After)

Robert Cathcart

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Constable, Archibald
Painter: Raeburn, Henry (After)

Richard Payne Knight

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bromley, James
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

Unknown child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Macon. View of a river from a terrace

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Short, Frank, Sir
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)
Publisher: Dunthorne, Robert

Thomas Truebody Thomason

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Seeley & Sons
Painter: Home, Robert (After)

James Smith

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cousins, Henry
Painter: Lonsdale, James (After)

Erasmus Darwin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pym, B.
Painter: Arnold, Samuel James (After)

Sir Soulden Lawrence

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)

An image of Print

Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Say, William
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Rev.d Thomas Cobb, M.A.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Simpson, John (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Woodburn, Samuel
Painter: Holbein, Hans, the elder (After)

An image of Print

The Mourners

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William

An image of Print

Solitude

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Say, William
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Blackbreasted Dark Hen/ Old English Game Fowl

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph

An image of Print

Shipping at the entrance of the medway

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Short, Frank, Sir
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)
Publisher: Dunthorne, Robert

An image of Print

John Hampden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Woodburn, Samuel
Painter: Unknown (After)

Thomas Dampier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Meyer, Henry Hoppner
Painter: Northcote, James (After)

Joseph Shepherd Munden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Publisher: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Opie, John (After)

William Lort Mansel, Bishop of Bristol

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Say, William
Publisher: Harraden, Richard
Painter: Kirkby, Thomas (After)

Horatio, Lord Nelson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Painter: Beechey, William (After)
Publisher: Boydell & Co.

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