A Blacksmith's Shop

Prints and Drawings

1771

Richard Earlom (British, 1743-1822)
after Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734-1797)

Working with stunning speed, Richard Earlom produced 200 mezzotint landscapes after Claude Lorrain in three years and made this sizable plate less than three months after Joseph Wright of Derby completed the original painting. This impression is an early proof before letters, but the final published title boasted that “the Right Honorable Lord Melbourne” already owned the painting. He had bought it for 150 guineas directly from the artist’s studio, along with Wright’s Academy by Lamplight. The glow of the iron ingot on the central anvil is no less impressive in Earlom’s mezzotint rendition.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Richard Earlom
Title: A Blacksmith's Shop
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.: 1771
Medium: Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 61.2 × 43.4 cm (24 1/8 × 17 1/8 in.); Sheet: 62 × 44 cm (24 7/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Prints and Drawings Fund #1, Prints and Drawings Endowment and Sara R. Shorey Endowment
Reference Number: 1993.266
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