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 4,658 records attributed within our system.
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300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Publisher:
Green, Valentine
Printmaker:
Watson, James
Painter:
Drouais, François Hubert
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Painter:
McArdell, James
(After)
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Printmaker:
Haward, Francis
Publisher:
Haward, Francis
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Wissing, Willem
(After)
Printmaker:
Dunkarton, Robert
Painter:
Copley, John Singleton
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Painter:
West, Benjamin
(After)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Tompson, Richard (publisher)
Painter:
Lely, Peter
(After)
Printmaker:
Picot, M. A.
Publisher:
Picot, M. A.
Publisher:
Delattre, Jean Marie
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Printmaker:
Faber, John II
Painter:
Mytens, Martin, the elder
(After)
Publisher:
Bowles, Thomas II
Publisher:
Bowles, John
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:
Unknown
Publisher:
Bowles, Carington
Draughtsman:
Dighton, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Blooteling, Abraham
Publisher:
Blooteling, Abraham
Draughtsman:
Procaccini, Camillo
(After)
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