A Fruit Piece, from The Houghton Gallery

Prints and Drawings

1781

Richard Earlom (British, 1743-1822)
After Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682-1749)

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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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Richard Earlom
Title: A Fruit Piece, from The Houghton Gallery
Place: England (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Published 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.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Reference Number: 1922.2181
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Wessely 145 III/III

Hollstein 7 after Huysum

Chaloner Smith undescribed

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