Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British, Life School at the Royal Academy, 1773
- Title:
- Life School at the Royal Academy
- Date:
- 1773
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 x 30 3/8 inches (55.9 x 77.2 cm), Plate: 19 7/8 x 28 1/4 inches (50.5 x 71.8 cm), Image: 19 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (48.9 x 71.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "Richard Earlom | (IR 230/167)
Lettered lower left: "J Zoffany pinxit"; lower center: "Publish'd August 1st. 1773, R Sayer Excudit"; lower right: "Rd. Earlom Sculpst"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.334
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- academy | brushes | busts | canes | chandelier | drawing | historical subject | hourglass | lamps | men | nudes | painting (visual work) | palette | portrait | rope | school | sculptures | urn
- Associated People:
- Sandby, Paul (bap. 1731, d. 1809), painter and engraver
Catton, Charles, the younger (1756–1819), landscape painter and book illustrator
Moser [married name Lloyd], Mary (1744–1819), flower painter
Richards, John Inigo (1730/31?–1810), landscape and scene-painter
Toms, Peter (bap. 1726, d. 1777), painter and herald
Serres, Dominic (1722–1793), marine painter
Meyer, Jeremiah (1735–1789), miniature painter
Hone, Nathaniel (1718–1784), Irish painter
Hoare, William (1707/8–1792), portrait painter
Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector
Gwynn, John (bap. 1713, d. 1786), architect
Carlini, Agostino (c.1718–1790), sculptor
Burch, Edward (bap. 1730, d. 1814), gem-engraver
Barret, George (1732?–1784), landscape painter
Chamberlin, Mason (bap. 1722, d. 1787), portrait painter
Penny, Edward (1714–1791), portrait, historical, and genre painter
Newton, Francis Milner (1720–1794), portrait painter
Chambers, Sir William (1722–1796), architect
Hunter, William (1718–1783), physician, anatomist, and man-midwife
Wale, Samuel (1721?–1786), painter and book illustrator
Wilton, Joseph (1722–1803), sculptor
Zuccarelli, (Giacomo) Francesco (bap. 1702, d. 1788), landscape painter and draughtsman,
Yeo, Richard (d. 1779), coin- and medal-engraver
Tyler, William (d. 1801), sculptor and architect
Wilson, Richard (1712/13–1782), landscape painter
Bartolozzi, Francesco (1728–1815), engraver
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1727–1785), decorative painter and draughtsman
Nollekens, Joseph (1737–1823), sculptor
Moser, George Michael (1706–1783)
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist
Hayman, Francis (1707/8–1776), painter, engraver, and book illustrator
West, Benjamin (1738–1820), American history painter active in Britain
Zoffany, Johan Joseph (1733–1810), portrait painter
Sandby, Thomas (bap. 1723, d. 1798), architect and draughtsman
Kauffmann, Angelica (1741–1807), history and portrait painter - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42148
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century : arranged according to the engravers, the inscriptions given at full length, and the variations of state precisely set forth : acc , Martino Pub., Mansfield Centre, CT, 2004, v.1, 99/ 243-44, Earlom no. 1, NE1816.G7 S58 2004 [ORBIS]
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