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Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British, The Royal Academy of Arts, 1773

Creator:

Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British
after Johan Joseph Zoffany RA, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)
Published by Robert Sayer, 1725–1794, British

Title:

The Royal Academy of Arts

Date:

1773

Medium:

Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 19 3/8 x 28 1/4 inches (49.2 x 71.8 cm), Plate: 19 3/8 x 28 1/4 inches (49.2 x 71.8 cm), and Image: 18 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches (47.6 x 71.8 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Joannes Zoffanii Pinxit 1772"; lower center: "Robertus Sayer excudit. | The ROYAL ACADEMY of ARTS, instituted by the King, in the Year 1768~ Humbly dedicated to its ROYAL PATRON, by His MAJESTY's most faithfull Subject Robert Sayer. | London: Published by Robt. Sayer, at No. 53, in Fleet Street as the Act directs 2d. August 1773."; lower right: "Richardus Earlom Sculpsist 1773."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.14613

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated People:

Kauffman, Angelica (1741–1807), history and portrait painter
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1727–1785), decorative painter and draughtsman
Hayman, Francis (1707/8–1776), painter, engraver, and book illustrator
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist
West, Benjamin (1738–1820), American history painter active in Britain
Yeo, Richard (d. 1779), coin- and medal-engraver
Wilson, Richard (1712/13–1782), landscape painter
Chambers, Sir William (1722–1796), architect
Newton, Francis Milner (1720–1794), portrait painter
Carlini, Agostino (c.1718–1790), sculptor
Burch, Edward (bap. 1730, d. 1814), gem-engraver
Chamberlin, Mason (bap. 1722, d. 1787), portrait painter
Tyler, William (d. 1801), sculptor and architect
Toms, Peter (bap. 1726, d. 1777), painter and herald
Meyer, Jeremiah (1735–1789), miniature painter
Hone, Nathaniel (1718–1784), painter
Hoare, William (1707/8–1792), portrait painter
Catton, Charles, the younger (1756–1819), landscape painter and book illustrator
Sandby, Thomas (bap. 1723, d. 1798), architect and draughtsman
Sandby, Paul (bap. 1731, d. 1809), painter and engraver
Penny, Edward (1714–1791), portrait, historical, and genre painter
Hunter, William (1718–1783), physician, anatomist, and man-midwife
Wale, Samuel (1721?–1786), painter and book illustrator
Wilton, Joseph (1722–1803), sculptor
Zuccarelli, (Giacomo) Francesco (bap. 1702, d. 1788), landscape painter and draughtsman,
Serres, Dominic (1722–1793), marine painter
Richards, John Inigo (1730/31?–1810), landscape and scene-painter
Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector
Barret, George (1732?–1784), landscape painter
Gwynn, John (bap. 1713, d. 1786), architect
Moser [married name Lloyd], Mary (1744–1819), flower painter
Bartolozzi, Francesco (1728–1815), engraver
Moser, George Michael (1706–1783)
Nollekens, Joseph (1737–1823), sculptor
Zoffany, Johan Joseph (1733–1810), portrait painter

Access:

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Publications:

John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century : arranged according to the engravers, the inscriptions given at full length, and the variations of state precisely set forth : acc , Martino Pub., Mansfield Centre, CT, 2004, v. 1, pp. 243-44, Earlom no. 1, NE1816.G7 S58 2004

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40633

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