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Definition of Mezzotint

Mezzotint
Mezzotint Mez"zo*tint, n. [Cf. F. mezzo-tinto.] A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.
Mezzotint
Mezzotint Mez"zo*tint, v. t. To engrave in mezzotint.

Meaning of Mezzotint from wikipedia

- Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the intaglio family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or...
- "The Mezzotint" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his first collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Mr. Williams, the...
- The Mezzotint is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas. Produced by Isibeal Ballance and...
- soldier and amateur engraver, who invented the printmaking technique of mezzotint, a printing-process reliant on mechanical pressure used to print more...
- special room which Jacob Tonson junior had built at his house at Barn Elms. Mezzotint portraits of the members of the Kit Cat Club by John Faber the Younger...
- (1824). Mezzotint and engraving, size unknown. Victoria and Albert Museum, London Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still (1827). Mezzotint and etching...
- Miracle Legion produced a final album released by Mulcahy's own label, Mezzotint Records. In 1999, the label released Music from The Adventures of Pete...
- Fire Records/Mezzotint The Possum in the Driveway (2017) on Mezzotint The Gus (2019) on Mezzotint Franks And A Flag (2020) on Mezzotint "Digging Through...
- matrix. Intaglio techniques include collagraphy, engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint. Planographic, where the matrix retains its original surface...
- remembered as a leading collector of English mezzotint portraits, and collector of other art. His mezzotints and other prints, over 10,000 in number, were...