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

An image of Print

Jane Long

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Tompson, Richard (publisher)
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

"Mrs Richards"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Spilsbury, Jonathan
Publisher: Parker, Henry
Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas (After)

John Hely-Hutchinson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Publisher: Boydell, John
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Richard Greville Verney

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Williams, Robert (C17th)
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Dahl, Michael I (After)

An image of Print

Paulus Pontius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Richard Grenville Temple, Earl Temple

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Publisher: Bowles, John
Painter: Hoare, William (After)

An image of Print

Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick and Brooke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas (After)

Lady Frances Bridges

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, James
Publisher: Sayer, Robert
Painter: Cotes, Francis (After)

An image of Print

William III, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gole, Jacob

An image of Print

Francesco Bartolozzi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, Thomas
Publisher: Watson, Thomas
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

An image of Print

Richard Baxter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Polly Kennedy Miss Jones

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Bowles, John
Painter: Read, Catherine (After)

An image of Print

Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Bakewell, Elizabeth

An image of Print

Pope Clement XI

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Maratti, Carlo (After)

An image of Print

Margaret Hughes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

Three men playing cards

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Greenwood, John
Painter: Ostade, Adriaen van (After)

An image of Print

John Eyre

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Head of a man wearing a turban

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Louw, Pieter
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)
Publisher: Basan, Pierre François

The Philosopher Lucian

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Picart, Bernard
Publisher: Picart, Bernard
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

I. Six, Burgomaster of Amsterdam

Maker(s)

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

Man Mending a Pen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Spooner, Charles
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)
Publisher: Smith, John (of Cheapside)

An image of Print

Circe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, Thomas

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