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 lovers shown in Martin Langford’s mezzotint, “Remote,” are kissing passionately — but the man’s main focus is on a TV remote he’s operating behind his lover’s back.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2017

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

Soon after, he turned his attention to producing a series of mezzotint engravings to illustrate John Milton's "Paradise Lost" after receiving a hefty commission.

From Reuters • Sep. 19, 2011

Most of the plates are in proof state, and at page 112 is a brilliant impression of the mezzotint of General Wolfe by Spooner after Smith.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various