Richard Earlom
(1743-1822), EngraverSitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 107 portraits
One of the greatest mezzotint and stipple engravers of his day, Richard Earlom was apprenticed to the London based engraver, G.B. Cipriani and studied at the St Martin's Lane Academy. He won many prizes for his drawings and engravings. In 1774, he began work for John Boydell for whom he created three hundred plates after Claude, published as the Liber Veritas (1777-1819). He also created for Boydell fifty-one plates after Cipriani. Earlom engraved outstanding works both after the designs of his contemporaries and after the old masters. Boydell commissioned his talents for some of the most famous plates in The Houghton Gallery and The Shakespeare Gallery.
Queen Elizabeth I (When Princess)
by Richard Earlom, after Nicholas Hilliard
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D24194
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
by Richard Earlom, after Sir Anthony van Dyck, published by Samuel Woodburn
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D26538
by Richard Earlom, after David Loggan, published by Samuel Woodburn
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D28878
by Richard Earlom, after David Loggan, published by Samuel Woodburn
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D28879
by Richard Earlom, after David Loggan, published by Samuel Woodburn
coloured mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D28880
by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D28967
by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D28968
by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D29601
by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn, after David Loggan
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D43294
by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Samuel Cooper
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D2514
by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Samuel Cooper
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D2544
by Richard Earlom, after Samuel Cooper
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D2545
by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Samuel Cooper
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D2546
by Richard Earlom, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D3868
by Richard Earlom, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D4146
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
by Richard Earlom, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D4638
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
by Richard Earlom, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D4639
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
by Richard Earlom, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D4640
by Richard Earlom, after David Loggan
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D581
by Richard Earlom, after David Loggan
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D582
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