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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

George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Meyer, Henry Hoppner
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)

Alexander Davison

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barnard, William (printmaker)
Painter: Abbott, Lemuel Francis (After)

An image of Print

John Simpson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Publisher: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Painter: Jackson, John (After)

An image of Print

Joseph Wright

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, James, R.A.
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Wright, Joseph (Wright of Derby) (After)

Sir Walter Scott

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Phillips, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

Joseph Wright

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, James, R.A.
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Wright, Joseph (Wright of Derby) (After)

An image of Print

Ship and cutter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

George III, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles

Major John Waring-Scott

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Masquerier, John James (After)

An image of Print

Henri IV, King of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Mee, Anne, (nee Foldsone) (After)

John Randolph

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Richardson, William
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)

An image of Print

Gloucester Cathedral

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Sir Francis Burdett

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, George
Painter: Unknown (After)

An image of Print

Pan and Syrinx

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Short, Frank, Sir
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)
Publisher: Dunthorne, Robert

An image of Print

Meditation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Publisher: Cooke, William Bernard
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Count Michael Woronzow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, Henry Edward
Painter: Unknown (After)

Thomas Drummons

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cousins, Henry
Painter: Pickersgill, Henry William (After)
Publisher: P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd

Thomas Merriman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Painter: Bridges, John (After)

An image of Print

George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Publisher: Colnaghi
Painter: Jackson, John (After)

An image of Print

East Gate, Winchelsea

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Reynolds, Samuel William I
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Thomas Weld

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Painter: Hoppner, John (After)

Andrew Bell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Painter: Owen, William (After)

William Hepworth Thompson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Herkomer, Hubert von
Painter: Herkomer, Hubert von (After)

An image of Print

John Bigland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Painter: Smith, John Raphael (After)

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