Literally meaning half-tone, mezzotint is an intaglio process which works from dark to light. The plate is worked with a rocker until the whole surface is roughened tol hold the ink. The image is then burnished out, highlighting it in white against a black background when printed. It is an arduous process to prepare the plate but the results can be spectacular.
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Mychael Barratt PPRE Hon RWS, Vermeer's dogView details
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Johann Georg Bodenehr after Johann Georg Böhm, Michael Weinholdt, Gedanensis. Regiae Polon. Majest. et Electoris Saxoniae, Artis Metallicae in Tormentis et Campanis Fusoriae Constitutus Magister Dresdae, Ioh. Georg Böhm Senior pinx. Dresdae. Ioh. Georg Bodenehr Sculps. Aug. Vind. 1726.View details
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John Byrne, Future Imperfect, 1998View details
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Mayumi Enoki ARE, Binding and String #1SV0623View details
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Mayumi Enoki ARE, Binding and String #3SV0623View details
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Johann Jakob Haid, Concert, c1750View details
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Katsunori Hamanishi, An Egret, 2023View details
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Katsunori Hamanishi, Kimono-Celebration (Triptych), 2014View details
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Katsunori Hamanishi, Mizuhiki-ha, 1990View details
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Katsunori Hamanishi, Spring Mist, 2021View details
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Katsunori Hamanishi, Two Egrets, 2023View details
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Tom Hammick, Shanty, 2012View details
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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, A.R.A, On the Roof Garden, 1919View details
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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, A.R.A., Wind., 1918View details
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Samuel William Reynolds after James Northcote, [The Falconer (Portrait of Samuel Northcote, Jun.)], [1797]View details
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Guiseppe Marchi after Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Colman., Sold by Giuseppe Marchi Saturday 20 February 1773View details
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John Raphael Smith after Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lt. Col, Tarleton., London Publish'd Oct,,r 11 1782 by J.R. Smith No 83 opposite the Pantheon Oxford Street.View details
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Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.R.E., Headlights Over the Hill, 1927View details
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Gregor Smith, Leaving Islay, 2024View details
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A., Junction of the Severn and Wye, c. 1806-07View details
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Diane Victor, Bareback, 2023View details
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Ali Yanya ARE, Conversations with De ChiricoView details