A look at one of the finest mezzotint and stipple engravers of his day. #RichardEarlom (1743-1822) apprenticed under GB Cipriani to learn his craft of engraving. His studies brought him to work with #JohnBoydell for which he produced around 300 plates after #ClaudeLorain. His engravings were drawn after his contemporaries as well as old masters.

Earlom produced a great number of plates after artist Claude Lorrain who, himself, specialised in landscape painting.

Boydell commissioned Earlom to produce some 200 mezzotints sfter works owned by the Duke of Devonshire. This work is known as the ‘Liber Veritatis’ and is Earlom’s greatest work and a milestone in the art of engraving.

The two pieces displayed are from my collection and show the supreme technique and artistry of Richard Earlom. A man well deserving his reputation.