mezzotint

English

Wikipedia

An early 18th-century mezzotint by George White of Erasmus Smith (baptised 1611; died 1691), an English merchant, landowner and philanthropist in the field of education

Alternative forms

• (dated) mezzotinto

Noun

mezzotint (plural mezzotints)

1. a form of intaglio etching in which a metal plate is roughened evenly and then smoothed to bring out an image
2. an etching or print made using this method

Verb

mezzotint (third-person singular simple present mezzotints, present participle mezzotinting, simple past and past participle mezzotinted)

1. to make such etchings