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.
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Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Devis, Arthur William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Phillips, George Henry
Painter:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Lonsdale, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Publisher:
Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter:
Owen, William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Huet, François
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Reinagle, Ramsay Richard
Painter:
Reinagle, Ramsay Richard
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Masquerier, John James
(After)
Printmaker:
Dawe, George
Publisher:
Dawe, George
Painter:
Northcote, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Bell, Edward
Publisher:
Bell, Edward
Painter:
Beechey, William
(After)
Publisher:
Freeman, Jeremiah
Printmaker:
Hodgetts, Thomas
Printer:
Lane, John
Publisher:
Edmonstone, James
Painter:
Edmonstone, Robert
(After)
Printmaker: Hodges, Charles Howard
Printmaker:
Dunkarton, Robert
Publisher:
Thornton, Robert John
Painter:
Hoffman, Martin
(After)
Printmaker:
Kingsbury, Henry
Printmaker:
Dawe, George
Publisher:
Dawe, George
Painter:
Home, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Barney, William Whiston
Publisher:
Palser, Thomas
Painter:
Gainsborough, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Burgess, William Oakley
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Harlow, George Henry
(After)
Printmaker:
Barnard, William
Publisher:
Orchard, Robert
Painter:
Gowers, David
(After)
Printmaker:
Say, William
Publisher:
Cooke, William Bernard
Painter:
Carracci, Annibale
(After)
Publisher:
Say, William
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