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

Creator:

Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
after Johan Joseph Zoffany, born in Frankfurt, Germany, 1733; active in Germany, England, Italy, and India; died in London, England, 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:

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