A Fruit Piece
Richard Earlom, English, 1743 - 1822
after Jan van Huysum, Dutch, 1682 - 1749
after Joseph Farington, English, 1747 - 1821
1781
Mezzotint, etching and stipple
Image: 19 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (50.1 × 39.3 cm)
Impression: 21 3/4 × 16 9/16 in. (55.3 × 42.1 cm)
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 18 1/4 in. (60.3 × 46.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
2006.58.2
Portfolio / Series Title
Houghton Gallery
Publisher
John Boydell, London, England
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in black ink, lower right, beneath image: Rich d Earlom Sculp/ 1781; inscribed, in black ink, lower left, below image: Jan Van Hysum / fecit . 1723; inscribed, lower left of image: Jan Van Hysum / fecit . 1723; inscribed, in black ink, center, below image: John Boydell excudit 1781./ Published Sep r 1st 1781 by John Boydell [coat of arms] Engraver in Cheapside London.
Course History
ARTH 46, Northern Baroque Art, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2015
Exhibition History
The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Owen Robertson Cheatham and Friends Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19 through March 14, 2010.
Publication History
T.Barton Thurber, The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, Capital Offset Company Inc., 2010, checklist p. 20.
Provenance
Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, Dallas, Texas; sold to present collection, 2006.
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