Notes on prominent mezzotint engravers of the XVIII century
A 1904 New York catalogue of mezzotint engravers published by M. Knoedler & Co, drawn from the Getty Research Institute's holdings and aimed at print historians and collectors. Its two plates reproduce tonal paintings: a full-length standing woman in a feathered headdress and a bust-length portrait of an older woman in a dark hood. Designers can take from them the soft, smoky shading and dramatic dark backgrounds typical of mezzotint reproductions.
