8 juill. 1802 - Mezzotint is a very beautiful but time-consuming technique, which was most popular in the 18th and 19th centuries for portraiture and reproducing other works of art. In creating a mezzotint, first the entire metal plate is roughened by marking fine lines into the plate in all directions with a rocker Tones are created by burnishing or scraping into the plate
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8 juill. 1802
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