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.
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Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
13yrs ago
Author:
Caran d'Ache (Emmanuel Poiré)
Publisher:
Librairie Plon
Author:
Benardaki, Nikolaj Dmitrievič
Illustrator:
Caran d'Ache (Emmanuel Poiré)
Guillaume, Albert
Publisher:
Librairie Plon
Printmaker:
Faithorne, William, the Younger
Painter:
Closterman, John
(After)
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Churchill, Winston Spencer
Compiler:
Eade, Charles
Publisher:
Cassell & Co. Ltd.
Printmaker:
Simon, John
Publisher:
Bowles, Thomas II
Painter:
Dahl, Michael I
(After)
Printmaker:
Simon, John
Publisher:
Bowles, Thomas II
Painter:
d'Agar, Charles
(After)
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Wissing, Willem
(After)
Printmaker:
Lewis, Charles George
Draughtsman:
Lewis, John Frederick
(After)
Printmaker:
Faithorne, William, the Younger
Painter:
Pfeffel, Johann Andreas I
(After)
Printmaker:
Martindale, Percy Henry
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Graham, George I
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Publisher:
Colnaghi
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Wissing, Willem
(After)
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Riley, John
(After)
Publisher:
Smith, John
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