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Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British, Life School at the Royal Academy, 1773

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Creator:

Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
after Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810

Title:

Life School at the Royal Academy

Date:

1773

Materials & Techniques:

Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 22 x 30 3/8 inches (55.9 x 77.2 cm), Plate: 19 7/8 x 28 1/4 inches (50.5 x 71.8 cm), Image: 19 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (48.9 x 71.8 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "Richard Earlom | (IR 230/167)

Lettered lower left: "J Zoffany pinxit"; lower center: "Publish'd August 1st. 1773, R Sayer Excudit"; lower right: "Rd. Earlom Sculpst"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1978.43.334

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated People:

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

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42148

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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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, 99/ 243-44, Earlom no. 1, NE1816.G7 S58 2004 [ORBIS]

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