mezzotint
a method of engraving on copper or steel by burnishing or scraping away a uniformly roughened surface.
a print produced by this method.
to engrave in mezzotint.
Origin of mezzotint
1Other words from mezzotint
- mez·zo·tint·er, noun
Words Nearby mezzotint
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How to use mezzotint in a sentence
We were taken to the top storey, where Haden was working on the mezzotint of the Breaking up of the Agamemnon.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins PennellLine-engraving is now practically obsolete, while etching and mezzotint have recently come more and more to the front.
In these etching merely provides the ground plan for the use of mezzotint, or, more rarely, aquatint.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousBy this combination a plate will produce a larger number of good impressions than it would if it were done entirely in mezzotint.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Variousmezzotint engraving is the art of engraving on metal in tones.
Engraving for Illustration | Joseph Kirkbride
British Dictionary definitions for mezzotint
/ (ˈmɛtsəʊˌtɪnt) /
a method of engraving a copper plate by scraping and burnishing the roughened surface
a print made from a plate so treated
(tr) to engrave (a copper plate) in this fashion
Origin of mezzotint
1Derived forms of mezzotint
- mezzotinter, noun
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