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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Johann Georg Bodenehr after Johann Georg BöhmMichael 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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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 ReynoldsGeorge Colman., Sold by Giuseppe Marchi Saturday 20 February 1773View details
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John Raphael Smith after Sir Joshua ReynoldsLt. 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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