mezzotint

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An eighteenth-century mezzotint of a bust of Galen, by John Faber after a drawing by Peter Paul Rubens.Credit:

From Nature • Aug. 19, 2018

The mezzotint tells the story of the abduction of the infant heir from Anningley Hall, in MR James's "The Mezzotint".

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2012

You'll see all the talents of the Richland artist in this 15-year retrospective — etching, drypoint, mezzotint, Chine colle and engraving.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2012

In the painting he gave her a madly un-Quakerish gown copied, right down to the rose in the décolletage, from a mezzotint print of an aristocratic portrait by Joshua Reynolds.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2012

The fact that Sir Joshua Reynolds, West, Romney, and other famous artists allowed their paintings to be reproduced by the mezzotint process, is sufficient proof of their appreciation of its power.

From Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes by Kirkbride, Joseph