Mezzotint

[metsәutint]

Definition

(noun.) print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade.

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Definition

(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.

(v. t.) To engrave in mezzotint.

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Definition

n. a method of copperplate engraving producing an even gradation of tones resembling those of a photograph: an impression from a plate so produced.—Also Mezzotint′o.

Typist: Ralph