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:
Spooner, Charles
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Printmaker:
Picart, Bernard
Publisher:
Picart, Bernard
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Houston, Richard
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Hoppner, John
(After)
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Printmaker:
Hudson, Henry
Painter:
Peters, Matthew William
(After)
Printmaker:
Keating, George
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Morland, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Painter:
Ward, James
(After)
Publisher:
Ward, William
Printmaker:
Ward, William
Painter:
Ward, James
(After)
Publisher:
Ward, William
Printmaker:
Blooteling, Abraham
Painter:
Lely, Peter
(After)
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Painter:
Wissing, Willem
(After)
Printmaker:
Blooteling, Abraham
Publisher:
Blooteling, Abraham
Painter:
Helst, Bartholomeus van der
(After)
Printmaker:
Baillie, William
Painter:
Wyck, Jan
(After)
Painter:
Netscher, Caspar
(After)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Draughtsman:
McArdell, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Marchi, Giuseppe Filippo Liberati
Painter:
Zoffany, Johann Joseph
(After)
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