mezzotint
mezzotint
Definition
mezzo·tint (---tint′)
noun
- a method of engraving on a copper or steel plate by scraping or polishing parts of a roughened surface to produce impressions of light and shade
- an engraving or print so produced
transitive verb
to engrave by this method
mezzotint
Synonyms
mezzotint
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- engraving: During his exile in Europe, he had become skilled in mezzotint engraving, which he is said to have introduced into England.
- portrait: John Broadwood died in 1812 at the age of eighty-one years; there exists a mezzotint portrait of him by Harrison and Say.
- engraver: William Ward and his brother James were pupils of the celebrated mezzotint engraver, John Raphael Smith.
