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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Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Unknown
Painter:
Huysmans, Jacob
(After)
Publisher:
Bowles & Carver
Printmaker:
Faithorne, William, the Younger
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Printmaker:
Williams, Robert (C17th)
Printmaker:
Hodges, Charles Howard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Publisher:
Boydell, Josiah
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Young, John
Publisher:
King, Thomas
Painter:
Zoffany, Johann Joseph
(After)
Printmaker:
Finlayson, John
Publisher:
Finlayson, John
Painter:
Read, Catherine
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Publisher:
Smith, John
Printmaker:
Visscher, Cornelis de
(After)
Printmaker:
Houston, Richard
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Ward, James
Publisher:
Ward, James
Publisher:
Ward, William
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
McArdell, James
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Parker, Henry
Publisher:
Hooper, S.
Publisher:
Shropshire, Walter
Publisher:
Watson, Thomas
Painter:
Willison, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Dickinson, William
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Parker, Henry
Publisher:
Hooper, S.
Publisher:
Shropshire, Walter
Publisher:
Watson, Thomas
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Watson, Thomas
Publisher:
Dickinson, William
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Publisher:
Thompson, John P.
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Painter:
Northcote, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Vaillant, Wallerant
Painter:
Bega, Cornelis Pietersz.
(After)
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Printmaker:
Hoppner, John
(After)
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