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 4,658 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

Lady in a flowered dress

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houston, Richard
Painter: Hoare, William (After)

Elizabeth Herbert (née Wyndham), Countess of Carnarvon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dean, John
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Richard Humphreys

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Young, John
Painter: Whitby, William (After)

Madonna and Child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Unknown woman, half length facing front, wearing pearl earrings and a dress with lace collar, her hair placed high with pearls entwined and a long veil which hangs to the left of her head and falls over her shoulder

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Publisher: Smith, John Raphael
Draughtsman: Liotard, Jean Étienne (After)

Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Publisher: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Romney, George (After)

The Honourable Miss Monckton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jacobé, Johann
Publisher: Sledge, Sarah
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

The Fig

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Publisher: Boydell, John
Painter: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

The Immaculate Conception

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (After)

Master John Crewe as Henry VIII

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Publisher: Boydell, John
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Major, John Henniker, 2nd Baron Henniker

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hudson, Henry
Painter: Romney, George (After)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Publisher: Boydell, John
Draughtsman: Farington, George (After)
Painter: Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (After)

Saint Bartholomew

Maker(s)

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

The Inside of the Pantheon in Oxford Road / L'Interieur de Panthéon de Londres

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Draughtsman: Brandoin, Michel Vincent (After)

Cupid and Psyche

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Say, William
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Meleager and Atalanta

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Publisher: Boydell, John
Painter: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

Jane, Countess of Harrington

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Publisher: Green, Valentine
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

A Lady Reading

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Publisher: Boydell, John
Draughtsman: Farington, George (After)
Painter: Bol, Ferdinand (After)

Flower-piece

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste I (After)

Mrs Carnac

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

St. Francis de Paula

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Publisher: McArdell, James
Painter: Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (After)

Miss Jacobs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Spilsbury, Jonathan
Publisher: Boydell, John
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

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