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Le Matin (Morning)
Le Matin (Morning)

Le Matin (Morning)

By James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Le Matin (Morning) Mezzotint, 1886 Signed and dated in the plate (see photos) Edition: at least 650

Category

1880s French School Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Mezzotint

“On the Seine, Paris”
“On the Seine, Paris”

Oscar F. Wyman“On the Seine, Paris”, Circa 1900

$300Sale Price|20% Off

H 6.75 in W 9 in D 1 in

“On the Seine, Paris”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original aquatint engraving of working river barges on the Seine in Paris, France. A horse drawn cart is seen loading or unloading product. Circa 1900. Signed by the artist in penc...

Category

Early 1900s Academic Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper, Mezzotint

Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving

Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Alamo, CA

An 18th century hand colored botanical engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) depicting the following flowering sage plants: a. Horminum Peregrinum Foliis Salvice, b. Hormi...

Category

Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Engraving, Mezzotint

Untitled (Portrait of a young woman - wife of the artist)
Untitled (Portrait of a young woman - wife of the artist)

Untitled (Portrait of a young woman - wife of the artist)

By Francisco Souto

Located in New Orleans, LA

This is a self portrait of a young woman who is the wife of the artist. Francisco Souto was born in Venezuela, and received a BFA from Herron School of Art and a MFA from The Ohio ...

Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Mezzotint

THORNTON. The Tulips.

THORNTON. The Tulips.

By Dr. Robert John Thornton

Located in London, London

Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colours and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from

Category

1790s Naturalistic Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving

THORNTON. Group of Carnations

THORNTON. Group of Carnations

By Dr. Robert John Thornton

Located in London, London

Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton; aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished

Category

1790s Naturalistic Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving

THORNTON.  The Superb Lily.

THORNTON. The Superb Lily.

By Dr. Robert John Thornton

Located in London, London

A magnificent print by Robert John Thornton; aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished

Category

1790s Naturalistic Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving

THORNTON. The Roses

THORNTON. The Roses

By Dr. Robert John Thornton

Located in London, London

Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton. Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished

Category

1790s Naturalistic Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Regency Silk and Wool Picture of Mother and Her Children, after John Hoppner RA
Regency Silk and Wool Picture of Mother and Her Children, after John Hoppner RA

Regency Silk and Wool Picture of Mother and Her Children, after John Hoppner RA

By Sir John Hoppner

Located in Downingtown, PA

1790s mezzotint after John Hoppner, R.A. Framing: Presented in a substantial, period-style gilded frame

Category

19th Century English Georgian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Silk, Wool

Eli Marsden Wilson (1877-1965) Watercolour of the Temple of Castor and Pollux
Eli Marsden Wilson (1877-1965) Watercolour of the Temple of Castor and Pollux

Eli Marsden Wilson (1877-1965) Watercolour of the Temple of Castor and Pollux

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

. From 1905, He began to produce etchings and mezzotints of towns and landscaped which were exhibited at

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wood, Paint

REGENCY SILK STUMPWORK EMBRIODERY AFTER SINGLETON's THE INDUSTRIOUS COTTAGE WIFE
REGENCY SILK STUMPWORK EMBRIODERY AFTER SINGLETON's THE INDUSTRIOUS COTTAGE WIFE

REGENCY SILK STUMPWORK EMBRIODERY AFTER SINGLETON's THE INDUSTRIOUS COTTAGE WIFE

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

1803. The work was extremely popular and was reproduced as a mezzotint and etching by the fine

Category

1810s Regency Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Canvas, Cotton, Silk

Egham Lock
Egham Lock

Egham Lock

By Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A.

Located in Fairlawn, OH

of mezzotint engraving, with a measure of the same success that he had already achieved in pure

Category

1850s English School Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Etching

Important Spectacular Set of Twelve 18th-century Weinmann Botanical Prints
Important Spectacular Set of Twelve 18th-century Weinmann Botanical Prints

Important Spectacular Set of Twelve 18th-century Weinmann Botanical Prints

Located in Downingtown, PA

color-printing technique (a precursor to full color printing involving mezzotint) that was successfully

Category

Mid-18th Century German Georgian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

set of three Continental 19th century lithographs
set of three Continental 19th century lithographs

set of three Continental 19th century lithographs

$6,500 / set

H 28.75 in W 23 in D 1 in

set of three Continental 19th century lithographs

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

handsome lithograph showcases a print of an 18th century Mezzotint by John Smith in London and after the

Category

19th Century Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wood, Paper

18th-century Johann Weinmann Engravings of Grapes, Set of Four
18th-century Johann Weinmann Engravings of Grapes, Set of Four

18th-century Johann Weinmann Engravings of Grapes, Set of Four

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Downingtown, PA

) combined etching with mezzotint printed in color, which was then meticulously finished with hand-coloring

Category

1740s German Georgian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

JOHANN WEINMANN - Two Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745
JOHANN WEINMANN - Two Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

JOHANN WEINMANN - Two Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

$4,200Sale Price / set|30% Off

H 17.88 in W 13 in D 0.75 in

JOHANN WEINMANN - Two Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

By Johann Jakob Haid, Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Chatham, ON

century first edition Phytanthoza Iconographie botanical hand colored mezzotint engravings of roses on

Category

Early 18th Century German Georgian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wood, Paper, Glass

Brinsmead Upright Piano with Crystoleum Panel of a Pre Raphaelite scene
Brinsmead Upright Piano with Crystoleum Panel of a Pre Raphaelite scene

Brinsmead Upright Piano with Crystoleum Panel of a Pre Raphaelite scene

Located in Leeds, GB

process was derived from the 18th century mezzotint process. Many examples have not survived owing to

Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Brass

JOHANN WEINMANN - Six Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745
JOHANN WEINMANN - Six Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

JOHANN WEINMANN - Six Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

$12,600Sale Price / set|30% Off

H 19.38 in W 14.63 in D 0.75 in

JOHANN WEINMANN - Six Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Chatham, ON

century first edition PHYTANTHOZA ICONOGRAPHIE botanical hand colored mezzotint engravings on hand made

Category

Early 18th Century German Georgian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wood, Paper, Glass

Massive British Woolwork Picture of a Country House
Massive British Woolwork Picture of a Country House

Massive British Woolwork Picture of a Country House

$8,500

H 25.25 in W 44.5 in D 2.25 in

Massive British Woolwork Picture of a Country House

Located in Downingtown, PA

symbol. Middle-class needleworkers often sought out printed patterns or mezzotints of grand houses to

Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wool

A fine Regency silkwork picture of The Industrious Cottage by Ann Wilson c.1810
A fine Regency silkwork picture of The Industrious Cottage by Ann Wilson c.1810

A fine Regency silkwork picture of The Industrious Cottage by Ann Wilson c.1810

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Cottage Wife, painted in 1803. The work was extremely popular and was reproduced as a mezzotint and

Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Silk

Set of 8 Dutch Golden Age Cattle Etchings, After Paulus Potter, c.1650
Set of 8 Dutch Golden Age Cattle Etchings, After Paulus Potter, c.1650

Set of 8 Dutch Golden Age Cattle Etchings, After Paulus Potter, c.1650

Located in Langweer, NL

innovations in mezzotint, was also active as an engraver and publisher of high-quality reproductive prints

Category

Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

17th c. Engraving by V. Green Merritinto titled Scottish Golfer And His Caddy
17th c. Engraving by V. Green Merritinto titled Scottish Golfer And His Caddy

17th c. Engraving by V. Green Merritinto titled Scottish Golfer And His Caddy

Located in Louisville, KY

This beautifully preserved hand-tinted mezzotint of William Innes and caddy, engraved by Valentine

Category

Late 18th Century European American Colonial Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Queen Victoria Drawing Room at St. James's Palace Engraving Print
Queen Victoria Drawing Room at St. James's Palace Engraving Print

Queen Victoria Drawing Room at St. James's Palace Engraving Print

Located in Savannah, GA

). Large piece. Sight: 45 ½ by 27 ½ inches Frame: 53 by 35 inches Line, stipple and mezzotint engraving

Category

1860s English Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait

John Hamilton MortimerSelf-Portrait, 1758

$228,602

H 30.01 in W 25.12 in

Self-Portrait

By John Hamilton Mortimer

Located in London, GB

published as mezzotints were extremely popular. The drawings betray Mortimer’s interest in certain

Category

18th Century Old Masters Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Botanical Engraving of Tree Mallow Flowers – Weinmann, 1737
Antique Botanical Engraving of Tree Mallow Flowers – Weinmann, 1737

Antique Botanical Engraving of Tree Mallow Flowers – Weinmann, 1737

Located in Langweer, NL

of the plates. Phytanthoza Iconographia was groundbreaking in its use of mezzotint combined with

Category

Mid-18th Century German Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

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Antique Mezzotints For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique mezzotints for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique mezzotints was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, wood and giltwood. Antique mezzotints have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Rococo, Georgian and Baroque antique mezzotints are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made antique mezzotints over the years, but those made by John Martin, Johann Wilhelm Weinmann and John Faber are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Mezzotints?

Prices for antique mezzotints can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique mezzotints begin at $50 and can go as high as $47,639, while the average can fetch as much as $676.