31. The atmospheric effects which he was able to convey in the aquatint medium were quite overwhelming. 32. Most of his work is pure etching, but he did a few aquatints and mezzotints. 33. His " Plan of Boston " was engraved in aquatint in London in 1777. 34. He studied the work of William Daniell, using his copper plate techniques to produce aquatints . 35. Growing up in 18th-century Boston, Copley learned about art primarily from aquatints and engravings. 36. A few colors could then be applied by aquatint , and the rest were hand-painted. 37. These tones, combined with the limited line elements, give aquatints a distinctive, watery look. 38. Printing a photogravure is similar to printing any other intaglio plate, especially a finely etched aquatint . 39. This mammoth journey resulted in 139 aquatint prints being finally published, the last completed in 1821. 40. In the " Blue Prints " series, 1999, Kiki Smith experimented with the aquatint process.