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Definition of Mezzotints

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 Mezzotints from wikipedia

- period; he created about 500 mezzotints, some 300 copies of portrait paintings. In the next century over 400 mezzotints after portraits by Sir Joshua...
- "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...
- The following five mezzotints, with eight others, are noticed at p. 48 of Le Bibliophile Fantaisiste. The following ten mezzotints seem to have been done...
- Mezzotint is a 1961 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. Dooley p.103 David Joseph Dooley. Compton Mackenzie. Twayne Publishers, 1974...
- a catalogue of mezzotints by Eduardo Fausti, 2011 Mezzotint, Art of Darkness, an exhibition of classical and contemporary mezzotints organized by Carol...
- lithograph or mezzotint, sometimes with variations. His paintings date from the early 1950s. His main body of prints are lithographs and mezzotints, the former...
- home near Turner in Chelsea, London. Martin began to experiment with mezzotint technology, and as a result was commissioned to produce 24 engravings...
- continued to paint throughout his life, he was best known for his mezzotints. “With his mezzotints, he touched greatness… Marchant was a master, his needle scratched...
- 1951 and is still in print today. "British Mezzotints" from 1924 is a standard reference on original mezzotints. The Etched and Engraved Work of Frank Short...