<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">sand-grain mezzotints</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>sand-grain mezzotint</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>mezzotints</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>mezzotints, sand-grain</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sand-grain mezzotint</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to modern prints produced by the sand-grain mezzotint process, by which a mezzotint-like tone is achieved from sandpaper grain. The process was developed in the 20th century as a way to avoid the laborious process of rocking the plate. Such prints will have the general quality of a mezzotint but will not show in the lighter areas the straight lines of the rocker's serrated edge. ]]></note></mads>