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Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British, The Royal Academy of Arts, 1773
- Title:
- The Royal Academy of Arts
- Additional Title(s):
- Life School at the Royal Academy
- Date:
- 1773
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 3/8 x 28 1/4 inches (49.2 x 71.8 cm), Plate: 19 3/8 x 28 1/4 inches (49.2 x 71.8 cm), Image: 18 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches (47.6 x 71.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Joannes Zoffanii Pinxit 1772"; lower center: "Robertus Sayer excudit. | The ROYAL ACADEMY of ARTS, instituted by the King, in the Year 1768~ Humbly dedicated to its ROYAL PATRON, by His MAJESTY's most faithfull Subject Robert Sayer. | London: Published by Robt. Sayer, at No. 53, in Fleet Street as the Act directs 2d. August 1773."; lower right: "Richardus Earlom Sculpsist 1773."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14613
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- academy | brushes | busts | canes | chandelier | drawing | historical subject | hourglass | lamps | men | nudes | painting (visual work) | paintings | palette | portrait | rope | school | sculptures | urn
- Associated People:
- Sandby, Paul (bap. 1731, d. 1809), painter and engraver
Kauffmann, Angelica (1741–1807), history and portrait painter
Sandby, Thomas (bap. 1723, d. 1798), architect and draughtsman
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1727–1785), decorative painter and draughtsman
Bartolozzi, Francesco (1728–1815), engraver
Nollekens, Joseph (1737–1823), sculptor
Moser, George Michael (1706–1783)
Zoffany, Johan Joseph (1733–1810), portrait painter
West, Benjamin (1738–1820), American history painter active in Britain
Zuccarelli, (Giacomo) Francesco (bap. 1702, d. 1788), landscape painter and draughtsman,
Yeo, Richard (d. 1779), coin- and medal-engraver
Toms, Peter (bap. 1726, d. 1777), painter and herald
Serres, Dominic (1722–1793), marine painter
Tyler, William (d. 1801), sculptor and architect
Wilson, Richard (1712/13–1782), landscape painter
Meyer, Jeremiah (1735–1789), miniature painter
Hone, Nathaniel (1718–1784), Irish painter
Moser [married name Lloyd], Mary (1744–1819), flower painter
Richards, John Inigo (1730/31?–1810), landscape and scene-painter
Gwynn, John (bap. 1713, d. 1786), architect
Hoare, William (1707/8–1792), portrait painter
Hunter, William (1718–1783), physician, anatomist, and man-midwife
Wale, Samuel (1721?–1786), painter and book illustrator
Penny, Edward (1714–1791), portrait, historical, and genre painter
Newton, Francis Milner (1720–1794), portrait painter
Chambers, Sir William (1722–1796), architect
Barret, George (1732?–1784), landscape painter
Carlini, Agostino (c.1718–1790), sculptor
Burch, Edward (bap. 1730, d. 1814), gem-engraver
Chamberlin, Mason (bap. 1722, d. 1787), portrait painter
Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector
Wilton, Joseph (1722–1803), sculptor
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist
Hayman, Francis (1707/8–1776), painter, engraver, and book illustrator
Catton, Charles, the younger (1756–1819), landscape painter and book illustrator - Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40633
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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. . ., , Martino Pub., Mansfield Centre, CT, 2004, v. 1, pp. 243-44, Earlom no. 1, NE1816.G7 S58 2004 [ORBIS]
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