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:
Ford, Michael
Painter:
Ford, Michael
(After)
Publisher:
Ford, Michael
Printmaker:
Bruggen, Jan van der
Printmaker:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Kyte, Francis
Publisher:
Kyte, Francis
Painter:
Banck, Jan van der
(After)
Printmaker:
Jacobé, Johann
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Hodges, Charles Howard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Publisher:
Boydell, Josiah
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Finlayson, John
Publisher:
Finlayson, John
Painter:
Read, Catherine
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Parker, Henry
Publisher:
Hooper, S.
Publisher:
Shropshire, Walter
Publisher:
Watson, Thomas
Painter:
Willison, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Jacobé, Johann
Publisher:
Sledge, Sarah
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Dickinson, William
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Parker, Henry
Publisher:
Hooper, S.
Publisher:
Shropshire, Walter
Publisher:
Watson, Thomas
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
McArdell, James
Painter:
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban
(After)
Printmaker:
Young, John
Publisher:
King, Thomas
Painter:
Zoffany, Johann Joseph
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Hudson, Henry
Painter:
Romney, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Publisher:
Smith, John
Printmaker:
Visscher, Cornelis de
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Draughtsman:
Farington, Joseph
(After)
Painter:
Snyders, Frans
(After)
Painter:
Boeckhorst, Jan
(After)
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Draughtsman:
Farington, George
(After)
Painter:
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban
(After)
Printmaker:
Houston, Richard
Publisher:
Houston, Richard
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Draughtsman:
Brandoin, Michel Vincent
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
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