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

Ramsgate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Whitby

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Pourtsmouth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

An image of Print

Mill near the Grand Chartreuse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Dawe, Henry Edward
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

An image of Print

Tenth Plague of Egypt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Say, William
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Painter: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Sheerness

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Margate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Portsmouth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Scarborough

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Deal

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

An image of Print

The Source of the Arveron in the Valley of Chamouni Savoy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Printmaker: Dawe, Henry Edward
Publisher: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Mouth of the River Humber, 1826

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Phillips, George Henry
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Falmouth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Thomas Girtin

Maker(s)

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

Godfrey Sykes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Painter: Stewardson, John (After)

An image of Print

[Sarah Trimmer (née Kirby)]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Howard, Henry (After)

An image of Print

Mill Stream

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

Granville Sharp

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Abbott, Lemuel Francis (After)

John Hoppner

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

George Morland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, William
Publisher: Harris, John (publisher I)
Painter: Muller, Robert (After)

An image of Print

Robert Bloomfield

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Young, John
Publisher: Bloomfield, Robert
Painter: Violet, Pierre (After)

Jacques (Abbé) Delille

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Young, John
Publisher: Richardson, William
Painter: Mosnier, Jean Laurent (After)

Portrait of a young woman wearing a wide ruff

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Shury, George Salisbury
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barney, William Whiston
Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas (After)
Publisher: Palser, Thomas

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