Richard Earlom

(London, 1743 - 1822)

after Adriaen van der Werff. Mezzotint, 625 x 455 mm (plate), 670 x 507 mm (sheet). Rubinstein "Richard Earlom (1743-1822) and Boydell's Houghton Gallery" in Print Quarterly, Vol VIII, London, 1991 n°20.

Printed and published in London by John Boydell in 1779 and then included in the collection entitled “A set of Prints engraved after the most capital Paintings in the Collection of her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia, lately in the possession of the Earl of Norfolk, at Houghton in Norfolk...”

Superb, rich impression on laid paper with watermark (Colombaia). Sheet in very good condition except for some slight signs of foxing.