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

Miss

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bleeck, Pieter van
Painter: Bleeck, Pieter van (After)

John Boydell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Publisher: Boydell, John
Painter: Boydell, Josiah (After)

An image of Print

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Maker(s)

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

Tobais and the angel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

An image of Print

John May

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Painter: Marinkelle, Joseph (After)

An image of Print

Charles Edward Stuart, the "Young Pretender" (Bonnie Prince Charlie)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John

An image of Print

Beggars

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John Raphael
Painter: Carter, George (After)
Printer: Gamble, James

An image of Print

Charles I, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John I
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

William Kingsley

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houston, Richard
Publisher: Jefferys, Thomas
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Mary Green, wife of Valentine Green, with their son, Rupert

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Painter: Falconet, Pierre Etienne (After)

Barbara, Countess of Coventry

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Spicer
Printmaker: Spicer, Henry (Possibly)
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Miller, Andrew
Painter: Hoare, William (After)

An image of Print

William Bullock

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Johnson, Thomas
Painter: Johnson, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Sir John Vanbrugh

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Painter: Richardson, Jonathan (After)

Sir William Addington

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Painter: Shee, Martin Archer (After)

An image of Print

Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Spilsbury, Jonathan
Publisher: Spilsbury, Jonathan
Painter: Hoare, William (After)

An image of Print

Mrs. Ellen Gwynn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bleeck, Pieter van
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

Theophilus Christophorus Harles

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Haid, Johann Elias
Painter: Kleeman, Johann Jacob (After)

An image of Print

Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke

Maker(s)

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

Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Nottingham

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

George, Prince of Denmark

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Henry VIII, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houston, Richard
Painter: Holbein, Hans, the younger (After)

An image of Print

William Russell, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Williams, Robert (C17th)
Painter: Lutterell, Edward (After)

An image of Print

Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Queen of George II, when Princess of Wales

Maker(s)

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

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