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Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British, The Exposition of Cyrus, 1781

Creator:

Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c.1610–1665
Published by John Boydell, 1720–1804

Title:

The Exposition of Cyrus

Part Of:

Collective Title: Houghton Gallery

Date:

1781

Materials & Techniques:

Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 15/16 x 15 1/4 inches (30.3 x 38.8 cm), Plate: 11 x 14 1/2 inches (28 x 36.9 cm), Image: 9 5/16 x 14 1/2 inches (23.7 x 36.9 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "19"; center left: "#20"

Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Castiglione Pinxit."; lower center: "THE EXPOSITION OF CYRUS. | In the Gallery at Houghton. | Size of the Picture F 1 F 1 | 2,, 4 1/4 by 3,, 6 1/2 long. | Published Sepr,, 1st,, 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London."; lower right: "Richd,, Earlom Sculpsit."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1970.3.867

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated People:

Mitradates (fl. c. 576 BC)
Cyrus the Great (c. 600 BC or 576 BC–530 BC), founder of the Achaemenid Empire
Cyno (fl. c. 576 BC)

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22558

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