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Definition of Mezzotint
1. Noun. Print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade.
Definition of Mezzotint
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To engrave in mezzotint.
Definition of Mezzotint
1. Noun. a form of intaglio etching in which a metal plate is roughened evenly and then smoothed to bring out an image ¹
2. Noun. an etching or print made using this method ¹
3. Verb. to make such etchings ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mezzotint
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mezzotint
Literary usage of Mezzotint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art Teaching of John Ruskin by William Gershom Collingwood (1891)
"mezzotint.—The proper means of expression by Engraving, in the kinds hitherto
considered, is the line. Neither woodcutting nor etching, in the conception of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... English mezzotint engraver, was born in London in 1742. ... and at the same
time acquired without assistance the art of engraving in mezzotint. ..."
3. Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and History by Henri Delaborde, William Walker (1886)
"mezzotint. Came to England when young, and worked for Boydell, ... Came to London
to learn mezzotint, engraved some fine plates, 1779—80, and then returned ..."
4. English Coloured Books by Martin Hardie (1906)
"CHAPTER VII THE GOLDEN AGE OF mezzotint AND STIPPLE THE history of colour-printing
from metal after the time of Le Blon becomes rich in interest, ..."
5. Bibliotheca Americana: A Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books by John Russell Smith (1865)
"Is Turner 6372 Engraver's touch proof, 4to. Is 6d 6373 4to, mezzotint, ...
late Pastor of the Baptist Church in Westerley. 4to, curious, mezzotint. ..."
6. Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White, First President by Andrew Dickson White, George Lincoln Burr (1889)
"mezzotint, without signature ; the signature below, in the middle: Chr. Weigel exe.
... LÖFFLER, JA mezzotint, signed below at the right: JA ..."
7. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"It is noteworthy too that this great boom in mezzotint engravings should have
marked the turn of the nineteenth as well as of the twentieth century. ..."
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