Antique Mezzotints

An impression of the mezzotint is in the British Museum. Frame: 28 1/2 x 24" Sheet: 19 3/4 x 14 3/4"

After Vander Smissen 'Mrs Sarah Porter, Queen of the Touters at Tunbridge Wells', a mezzotint, engraved by William Pether circa 1770, glazed in ebonised, gilt & gesso wood frame.

As was popular during the late 19th century, Tissot dabbled in mysticism and attended Spiritualist séances. His famous mezzotint from the Fine Arts Museums’ collection, The Apparitio...

Several of his portraits he engraved in line and mezzotint. He painted many subjects like the "St John Preaching," the "Covenant of Abraham," and the "Journey to Emmaus," in which, w...

He worked mostly in etching, but experimented with other techniques including drypoint, mezzotint, lithography, aquatint, woodcut and engraving.

The company originally dealt in prints, mezzotints, etching and engravings and in 1908 they decided to broaden their horizons by opening in the capital.

Robert Laurie (c. 1755–1836) was an Anglo-Scottish mezzotint engraver and publisher. He signed his name as Lowery, Lowry, Lowrie, Lawrey, Lawrie, or Laurie.

From 1895 to 1896, he studied graphic arts with Axel Tallberg, and began creating mezzotints. He also produced paintings for the staircase at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Jansso...

He revived the practices of mezzotint and pure aquatint, while expanding the expressive power of line in drypoint etching and engraving.

Illustrated with 24 doubled (48) tissue guarded steel engravings and mezzotints with numerous wood engravings. There are two copies on heavy stock of each engraving, so one could be ...

He used a variety of techniques to create his engravings, including stippling and mezzotint, and was known for his ability to create subtle tonal variations that brought his images t...

After this period, he concentrated primarily on etchings, mezzotints and aquatints and in 1939 he shared a studio with Max Pollak who was an etcher and printer of other artists in C...

Antique mezzotint of Henry Charles Sturt, with handwritten titles.

After this period, he concentrated primarily on etchings, mezzotints and aquatints and in 1939 he shared a studio with Max Pollak who was an etcher and printer of other artists in C...

After this period, he concentrated primarily on etchings, mezzotints and aquatints and in 1939 he shared a studio with Max Pollak who was an etcher and printer of other artists in C...

George Brookshaw’s brother, Richard Brookshaw (1736—c.1804) was a portrait painter and engraver well versed in mezzotint and copperplate engraving techniques, and may have instructed...

The dollar has had an average inflation rate of 2.85% per year between 1924 and today, resulting in a cumulative price increase of 1,423.24%. Engraved in mezzotint by J.C. Webb, ...

Untitled mezzotint of William Wallace Currie. William Wallace Currie was the first "Mayor of Liverpool" under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.

The dark sky was created using a roulette tool, ordinarily used in preparing a plate for a mezzotint, which makes tiny pin-pointed marks in the plate which can hold ink; this tool wa...

They are found stamped on several prints: for example on a mezzotint by Wallerant Vaillant (sale 1995, November 28, London, Christie’s, n° 336); on an etching by Daniel Chodowiecki (...

They are found stamped on several prints: for example on a mezzotint by Wallerant Vaillant (sale 1995, November 28, London, Christie’s, n° 336); on an etching by Daniel Chodowiecki (...

Šimon was also a master of the mezzotint but completed very few prints in this difficult medium, most of them being female nudes in subtle tones of black.

Initially Bause engraved book decorations for booksellers in Halle, but in 1759 he went to Augsburg for a year to study the mezzotint technique under Johann Jacob Haid. In Augsburg h...

Sotheby’s New York 16 April 2005 lot 46, information from Edgar Harden), while that of Froom & Cribb can be found on the frame of an impression of Henry Dawe’s mezzotint, John Philip...

Some of his mezzotints are: "An Early Riser," a stag seen through the morning mists, "Grayling Fishing" and "A Salmon Pool on the Spey."

Some of his mezzotints are: "An Early Riser," a stag seen through the morning mists, "Grayling Fishing" and "A Salmon Pool on the Spey."

David Loggan (1634-1692) Charles Duke of Somerset Mezzotint 1690 35x25cm Chancellor of Cambridge University, the Duke of Somerset's portrait was in Loggan's Cantabrigia Illustrata.