mezzotinter
- a word derived from mezzotint.
Example Sentences
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John Martin, painter, mezzotinter, man of gorgeous imagination, second to De Quincey or the author of Vathek, is to-day more forgotten than Beckford himself.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
Then came Michael de Bourges the learned counsel, Calmatto the mezzotinter, Delacroix the artist, De Musset the poet, and Chopin the musician.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert
She dominated Chopin, as she had dominated Jules Sandeau, Calmatta the mezzotinter, De Musset, Franz Liszt, Delacroix, Michel de Bourges—I have not the exact chronological order—and later Flaubert.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
The English mezzotinter John Martin must have studied him closely, also Gustave Doré.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
John Ruskin denied merit to the mezzotinter, and so it is to-day that if you go to our print-shops you will seldom find one of his big or little plates.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
