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 4,633 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

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Hind Head Hill

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Calm

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Claude Lorraine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Publisher: Cooke, William Bernard
Draughtsman: Jackson, John (After)

An image of Print

Portrait of Louisa Catherine, Marchioness of Sligo, 1767-1817

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Portrait of James Curtis, 1750-1835

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

Mr. Fawcett, in the character of Dr. Pangloss

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Annis, William T.
Publisher: Pym, B.
Painter: De Wilde, Samuel (After)

Portrait of William Sterndale Bennett

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barlow, Thomas Oldham
Painter: Millais, John Everett (After)
Publisher: Palmer, Edward S.

James Gregery, M.D.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, George
Publisher: Hatton, David
Painter: Raeburn, Henry (After)

Edmund William Antrobus with his brother Gibbs Crawford Antrobus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Clint, George
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

The Right Honble. Charles Hope

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, George
Painter: Raeburn, Henry (After)

Rosamond Hester Elizabeth (née Croker), Lady Barrow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cousins, Samuel
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

Portrait of Herbert Spencer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gulland, Elizabeth
Printmaker: Herkomer, Hubert von (After)

Jacques (Abbé) Delille

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Young, John
Publisher: Richardson, William
Painter: Mosnier, Jean Laurent (After)

An image of Print

Salisbury Cathedral (large plate)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Marguerite, Countess of Blessington

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

Francis Horner

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Publisher: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Raeburn, Henry (After)

Reverend Johnson Atkinson Busfeild

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, James
Painter: Ward, James (After)

Charles James Fox

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Smith, John Raphael (After)

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Owen, William (After)
Publisher: Cole, Charles

John Philpot Curran

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Publisher: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Lawrence, Thomas (After)

Francis Drake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Young, John
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Beechey, William (After)

Sir John Nicholl

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Meyer, Henry Hoppner
Painter: Owen, William (After)

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