Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British

after Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "Richard Earlom | (IR 230/167)
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:
brushes | historical subject | sculptures | academy | men | school | painting (visual work) | portrait | lamps | busts | urn | canes | nudes | palette | drawing | hourglass | rope | chandelier
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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, 99/ 243-44, Earlom no. 1, NE1816.G7 S58 2004
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42148