| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | Richard Earlom after Joseph Farington after Thomas Wyck |
| Published | Old Wyck Pinxit. Jos. Farington delint. Richd. Earlom sculpsit. Published May 1st 1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London. |
| Dimensions | Image and Plate 290 x 185 mm, Sheet 310 x 202 mm |
| Notes |
Earlom's mezzotint of Thomas Wyck's painting of a greyhound, after a drawing of the painting by Joseph Farrington. The original painting, part of the collection of over 400 Old Master pictures amassed by Sir Robert Walpole for Houghton Hall, was sold in 1779 to Catherine the Great. Mezzotints of the 162 paintings that were included in the sale were engraved by many famed engravers including Valentine Green and Richard Earlom and published by the Boydells in their ambitious 'Houghton Gallery.' Inscription under title reads: 'In the small Breakfast Room at Houghton. Size of the Picture 18 3/4 by 1F 1I 3/4 high.' Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) was a British painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He was born in London, and was apprenticed to Giovanni Battista Cipriani after he was discovered making sketches of the Lord Mayor's coach. This natural faculty for art manifested throughout Earlom's career, and he is believed to have taught himself the technique of mezzotint. In 1765, Earlom went to work for John Boydell, who commissioned the artist to produce a large series of works from Sir Robert Walpole's collection at Houghton Hall. This pair of mezzotints constituted part of this series. His works after van Huysum, as well as the still-life painter Jan van Os, are widely recognised as his most striking. Joseph Farington (1747-1821) was a landscape painter and diarist. He studied in Manchester, and moved to London in 1763 to be taught in the studio of Richard Wilson. He became a member of the Society of Artists in 1765, and joined the Royal Academy at its inception in 1769, and became an academician 1785. He submitted work annually until 1801 and continued to exhibit at the academy until 1813. Thomas Wyck (1616-1677), also Wijck and Wijk, was a Dutch landscape and genre painter, active in Rome, London, and Haarlem. The father of the painter Jan Wyck (1645-1702), he also trained Jan van der Vaart. Le Blanc 48, Wessley 135, Lennox-Boyd i/i Condition: Tipped to album page. Some creasing and surface abrasion to corners of sheet. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £300.00 |
| Stock ID | 53363 |