Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Visual Works (hierarchy name)
5. visual works (works)
6. [visual works by material or technique]
7. prints (visual works)
8. [prints by process or technique]
9. [prints by process: transfer method]
10. intaglio prints
11. engravings (prints)
12. mezzotints (prints)

Anotations

Scope note:

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.