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

The Dilettanti Society

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Tête d'Homme

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse

Self Portrait in a Straw Hat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bridgwater, Henry Scott
Printer: T. Ross & Son
Publisher: Colnaghi
Publisher: Stiefbold & Co
Painter: Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth (After)

The Reverend William Hodge Mill, D.D. Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Payne, G. T.
Printer: Hatton, W
Publisher: Masters, Joseph
Painter: Thompson, Thomas Clement (After)

King William IV

Maker(s)

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

Le Poête [The Poet]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse

A country boy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Draughtsman: Gainsborough, Thomas (After)

Falls of the Gotha

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Draughtsman: Price, Edward (After)
Publisher: Hamilton Adams & Co.

A cataract between Kongshun and Vassenden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Draughtsman: Price, Edward (After)
Publisher: Hamilton Adams & Co.

The fountain of Love

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Miller, Frederick
Painter: Fragonard, Jean Honoré (After)
Publisher: Virtue

Winter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz. (After)
Publisher: Hollyer, Samuel

Captain Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Draughtsman: Lane, Samuel (After)

An image of Print

Sun-rise. Whiting fishing at Margate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

An image of Print

Ville de Thun

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Hodgetts, Thomas
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

An image of Print

Solway Moss

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

An image of Print

The Junction of the Severn and the Wye

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Hodgetts, Thomas
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

More Park, near Watford, on the river Colne

Maker(s)

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

William Bruce

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hodgetts, Thomas

An image of Print

The Eddystone Lighthouse; The Small Plate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Henry Hatsell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gisborne, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Norham Castle

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Berry Pomeroy Castle (Raglan Castle)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Hodgetts, Thomas
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

An image of Print

Pastoral

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Meyer, Henry Hoppner
Painter: Romney, George (After)

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