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Jean Sylvain Bailly. Mezzotint by C. F. G. Levachez after J. Duplessi-Bertaux.

Sir William Withey Gull. Mezzotint by R. S. Clouston, 1888.

British mezzotinto portraits : being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century / arranged according to the engravers ; the inscriptions given at full length ; and the variations of state precisely set forth ; accompanied by biographical notes, and appendix of a selection of the prices produced at public sales by some of the specimens, down to the present time.

William Osborn. Mezzotint by J. Jones, 1791, after T. Hardy.

Printed images in early modern Britain : essays in interpretation / edited by Michael Hunter.

Romeo giving money to an apothecary for a poison that will enable him to kill himself. Mezzotint, 17--.

Two Greenwich Pensioners sitting in the garden of a tavern, near the Hospital, a woman behind listening to them, another Pensioner in the distance on the right. Mezzotint, 1791.

A physician examining urine. Mezzotint by C. Spooner after A. van Ostade.

Thomas Emerson Headlam. Mezzotint by G. H. Phillips after T. Carrick.

Left, a woman personifying science instructing her children in how to use a microscope; a woman personifying truth reveals the scene to Father Time. Mezzotint after T.S. Duché, 1787.

Benjamin Franklin. Mezzotint by C. Turner after M. Chamberlin, 1762.

Johann Caspar Spurzheim. Mezzotint by J. Egan, 1838, after W. Yellowlees.

Queen Victoria with the infant Princess Victoria on her lap. Mezzotint by G.H. Phillips after E. Cole, 1841.

Francis Douce, on horseback. Mezzotint by J. McArdell after W. Keable.

A Quaker family are sitting at the dinner table and the father has his hands together as he gives thanks for the food. Mezzotint by Charles G. Lewis after Alexander Fraser.

Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.

Isaac Ingall, aged 118. Mezzotint by J. Yeatherd after J. Nash.

Georg Erhard Hamberger. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after J. Günther.

Will o' the wisp: a sprite on horseback riding through fog at night holding a flare. Mezzotint by W. Giller after D.T. Egerton.

David von Graebner. Mezzotint by J. S. Schott after himself.

Dissections of the female urogenital system: six figures. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.

Jean-Nicolas, Baron Corvisart. Mezzotint by Roy after himself after F. P. S. Gérard.

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Mezzotint engraving

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Georg Erhard Hamberger. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after J. Günther.

Will o' the wisp: a sprite on horseback riding through fog at night holding a flare. Mezzotint by W. Giller after D.T. Egerton.

David von Graebner. Mezzotint by J. S. Schott after himself.

Dissections of the female urogenital system: six figures. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.

Jean-Nicolas, Baron Corvisart. Mezzotint by Roy after himself after F. P. S. Gérard.

Mezzotint engraving

Images from the collections

Images of Mezzotint engraving

Images about Mezzotint engraving

Works from the collections

Georg Erhard Hamberger. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after J. Günther.

Will o' the wisp: a sprite on horseback riding through fog at night holding a flare. Mezzotint by W. Giller after D.T. Egerton.

David von Graebner. Mezzotint by J. S. Schott after himself.

Dissections of the female urogenital system: six figures. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.

Jean-Nicolas, Baron Corvisart. Mezzotint by Roy after himself after F. P. S. Gérard.

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