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.
by Richard Earlom, after Samuel Cooper
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Richard Earlom, after Samuel Cooper
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Richard Earlom, after David Loggan
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Richard Earlom, after David Loggan
mezzotint, published 1811
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Anne Monck (née Clarges), Duchess of Albemarle
by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Unknown miniaturist
mezzotint, published 1811
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Unknown sitter formerly known as Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
by Richard Earlom, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1811
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Unknown sitter formerly known as Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
by Richard Earlom, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1811
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Unknown sitter formerly known as Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
by Richard Earlom, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1811
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Unknown sitter formerly known as Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
by Richard Earlom, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Richard Earlom, published by Josiah Boydell, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 2 September 1811 (circa 1632-1635)
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by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Edward Lutterell (Luttrell)
mezzotint, published 1812
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Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland
by Richard Earlom, after William Faithorne
mezzotint, published 1815
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by Richard Earlom, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, published 1815
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by Richard Earlom, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, published 1815
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by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn, after a portrait attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 1816
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by Richard Earlom, published by Samuel Woodburn, after a portrait attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 1816
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by Richard Earlom, after Nathaniel Hone
mezzotint, before 1822
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Unknown gentleman, possibly Sir Thomas Overbury, previously known as William Shakespeare
by Robert Cooper, published by Sherwood, Jones & Co, after Richard Earlom, after Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
mezzotint, published June 1825
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Unknown gentleman, possibly Sir Thomas Overbury, previously known as William Shakespeare
by Richard Earlom, after Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
mezzotint, (circa 1610)
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by Richard Earlom, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1810
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