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

William Dowars

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Humphrey, William
Painter: Harding, J (After)

An image of Print

Sir Eyre Coote

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, Philip
Painter: Morland, Henry Robert (After)

An image of Print

Louis Goupy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, George
Painter: Goupy, Louis or Lewis (After)

An image of Print

Charles II, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Williams, Robert (C17th)
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Colonel Benedict Arnold

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Hart, Thomas

An image of Print

Spencer Compton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pelham, Peter
Publisher: Bowles, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

William Blakeney

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ryley, Thomas
Painter: Chalmers, Sir George (Possibly after)

An image of Print

Thomas Brett

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James

An image of Print

Jeremiah Meyer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pether, William
Painter: Dance-Holland, Nathaniel (After)

An image of Print

Catherine [Kitty] Clive [née Raftor]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Haecken, Alexander van
Painter: Haecken, Alexander van (After)

An image of Print

William Dobson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, George
Publisher: Jeffreys, Thomas
Publisher: Herbert, William
Painter: Dobson, William (After)

A Rabbi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Dixon, John (Possibly)
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

An image of Print

Edward Meredith

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Macklin, Thomas

An image of Print

Owen MacSwiney (also Owen MacSwiny)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bleeck, Pieter van

Giovanni Cornaro II (Joannes Cornelius)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Painter: Cassana, Giovanni Agostino (Abate Cassana) (After)

An image of Print

Charles Erskine

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Barton Booth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, George
Publisher: Sympson, Samuel

An image of Print

Caroline, Queen of George II

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

James Gibbs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pelham, Peter
Publisher: Cooper, Edward
Painter: Hysing, Hans (After)

An image of Print

John Hoadly, Archbishop of Dublin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Whood or Wood, Isaac (After)
Publisher: Faber, John II

An image of Print

William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ford, Michael
Painter: Du Pan, Barthélemy (After)

An image of Print

Admiral Sir Charles Wager

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, George
Painter: Ellys, John (After)

James Mingay

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hodges, Charles Howard
Publisher: Macklin, Thomas
Painter: Romney, George (After)

The start of the hunt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Wyck, Jan (After)

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