Tools for making a mezzotint, Bericht wie die schwartze Kunst in Kupfer zu machen ist (title on object), Above four cradle irons and four scraper irons used for making a mezzotint. Below two printmakers at a table. The man on the left is roughing a man's plate with a cradle iron. The man on the right uses a scraping iron to polish a representation on the plate. Numbered top left: page 13; top right: Dritter Theil. print maker: Jacob (prentmaker), 1700 - 1799, paper, engraving, height 282 mm x width 174 mm.