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mezzotint
noun as in engraving
noun as in etching
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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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On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mezzotint, such as: etching, illustration, inscription, lithograph, woodcut, and blocking.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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