Richard Earlom (British, 1743-1822)
After Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682-1749)
A Fruit Piece, from The Houghton Gallery
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Richard Earlom (British, 1743-1822)
After Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682-1749)1781
A Fruit Piece, from The Houghton Gallery
Richard Earlom (British, 1743-1822) After Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682-1749) →mezzotintprint
Date
1781
Medium
Mezzotint with etching, with engraved inscription, in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 50.4 × 38.7 cm (19 7/8 × 15 1/4 in.); Plate: 55.8 × 41.3 cm (22 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 51 cm (25 11/16 × 20 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Richard Earlom was one of many talented printmakers to work on John Boydell’s massive printing project to reproduce Sir Robert Walpole’s painting collection at Houghton. The finished two-volume book included 162 prints, including 27 by Earlom. (The original works were sold to Catherine the Great and are now in the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.) Earlom was particularly favored for his ability to re-create painterly tones in his mezzotints, as is evidenced by this Fruit Piece and Flower Piece.
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