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mezzotint

[ met-soh-tint, med-zoh-, mez-oh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a method of engraving on copper or steel by burnishing or scraping away a uniformly roughened surface.
a print produced by this method.

mezzotint

/ ˈmɛtsəʊˌtɪnt /

a method of engraving a copper plate by scraping and burnishing the roughened surface
a print made from a plate so treated

First recorded in 1730–40, mezzotint is from the Italian word mezzotinto half-tint. See mezzo, tint

C18: from Italian mezzotinto half tint

We were taken to the top storey, where Haden was working on the mezzotint of the Breaking up of the Agamemnon.

Line-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.

By this combination a plate will produce a larger number of good impressions than it would if it were done entirely in mezzotint.

Mezzotint engraving is the art of engraving on metal in tones.

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