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:
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
Printmaker:
Dawe, George
Publisher:
Hatton, David
Painter:
Raeburn, Henry
(After)
Printmaker:
Walker, William
Publisher:
Walker, William
Painter:
Buckner, Richard
(After)
Printmaker:
Lucas, David
Painter:
Jones, Richard
(After)
Printmaker:
Walker, William
Publisher:
Walker, William
Painter:
Buckner, Richard
(After)
Printmaker:
Cousins, Samuel
Painter:
Hogarth, William
(After)
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Printmaker:
Lupton, Thomas Goff
Printer:
Lahee, James
Publisher:
Moon, Boys & Graves
Painter:
Clint, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Printer:
Lahee, James
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
Printmaker:
Atkinson, Thomas Lewis
Publisher:
Ryman, James
Painter:
Pickersgill, Henry William
(After)
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Publisher:
Ackermann, Rudolph
Painter:
Peters, Matthew William
(After)
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Jenkins, James
Painter:
Halls, John James
(After)
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