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

Jan Six

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houston, Richard
Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

An image of Print

Miss Russell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wright, John
Publisher: Parker, Henry
Painter: Russell, John (After)

An image of Print

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Richard Robinson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houston, Richard
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Philip Mercier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Mercier, Philippe (After)

An image of Print

Head of a man with a black beard

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Troost, Cornelis
Draughtsman: Troost, Cornelis (After)

An image of Print

William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Robins, William (Attributed)

An image of Print

Sir Thomas Harrison

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fisher, Edward
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Adrien-Louis de Bonnières, comte de Guînes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Lion, Peter

An image of Print

Children seeking a Bird's nest

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Kitchingman, John (After)

An image of Print

Charles Cecil

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lens, Bernard II
Publisher: Cooper, Edward
Painter: Vaart, Jan van der (After)

An image of Print

William Hayes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Park, Thomas
Painter: Cornish, John (After)

An image of Print

Polly Kennedy Miss Jones

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Bowles, John
Painter: Read, Catherine (After)

An image of Print

Betty Munro

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dixon, John
Painter: Falconet, Pierre (After)

An image of Print

Sir John Crispe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Griffin, P.

Soldiers in a landscape with a vast military encampment in the distance; two soliders seated on a rock in the foreground

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rugendas, Christian
Publisher: Rugendas, Christian
Painter: Rugendas, Georg Philipp I (After)

An image of Print

Augustus Keppel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dickinson, William
Painter: Romney, George (After)

An image of Print

Miss Hunter [Catherine Clarke (née Hunter)]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Purcell, Richard
Painter: Unknown (After)

An image of Print

John Lockhart

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Isaac Reed

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dickinson, William
Publisher: Dickinson, William
Painter: Romney, George (After)

An image of Print

Fundatores Collegiorum Cantabrigiensium, being Eighteen Prints of the Founders of the Colleges in Cambridge. Done in Mezzotinto from the original paintings in Cambridge.

Maker(s)

Publisher: Bakewell, Thomas

John Erskine, Earl of Mar

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Sir Charles Saxton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Northcote, James (After)

An image of Print

Martin Folkes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Hudson, Thomas (After)

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