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CHECKLISTDimensions for prints are in inches and centimeters, height followed by width. By the middle<strong>of</strong> the eighteenth century, mezzotint publishers increasingly issued different versions <strong>of</strong> a print,called states, such as those before the addition <strong>of</strong> inscriptions or with the letters barely scratchedinto the surface <strong>of</strong> the plate. States are written in Roman numerals, with the number <strong>of</strong> the totalstates shown in the denominator and the specific state referenced in the numerator.Henry Birche (pseudonym for Richard Earlom), <strong>English</strong>, 1743–1822 (printmaker),after Thomas Gainsborough, <strong>English</strong>, 1727–1788 (painter);Benjamin Beale Evans, <strong>English</strong>, about 1765–1824 (publisher)<strong>The</strong> Cottage Children and Boys and Dogs, 1791Mezzotint and etching, each state iii/iii, each 22¾ x 15⁷/₁₆ in. (57.9 x 39.1 cm)Collection <strong>of</strong> Robert LoperJohn Dixon, Irish active in England, about 1740–about 1811 (printmaker and publisher), after George Stubbs,<strong>English</strong>, 1724–1806 (painter); John Boydell, <strong>English</strong>, 1719–1804, Samuel Hooper, <strong>English</strong>, active 1766–1788,Thomas Bradford, <strong>English</strong>, active 1763–1773, Thomas Burford, <strong>English</strong>, about 1710–about 1779 (publishers)A Tigress, 1773Mezzotint, state iv/iv, 18¹⁵/₁₆ x 23 in. (48 x 58.4 cm)Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund and proceeds from “One Night in November,” 2008; 2008.33Sir Anthony van Dyck, Flemish, 1599–1641 (printmaker and painter)Paulus Pontius, a) about 1630; b) reprinted in the second half <strong>of</strong> the 17th centuryEtching, state ii/ix, and etching and engraving, state viii/ix, 9¼ x 7³/₁₆ in. (23.5 x 18.2 cm)Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund; pr.2000.9Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Jr. 1919 Fund; 2009.62Richard Earlom, <strong>English</strong>, 1743–1822 (printmaker), after Carlo Dolci, Italian, 1616–1686 (painter);John Boydell (publisher)<strong>The</strong> Virgin and Child with the Infant John the Baptist, 1768Mezzotint with etching, only state, 9½ x 8¼ in. (24.1 x 21 cm)Collection <strong>of</strong> Robert Dance, Class <strong>of</strong> 1977Richard Earlom (printmaker), after Joseph Wright <strong>of</strong> Derby, <strong>English</strong>, 1734–1797 (painter);John Boydell (publisher)A Blacksmith’s Shop, 1771Mezzotint, state iii/iii, 23¾ x 17 in. (60.3 x 43 cm)Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; pr.952.66Richard Earlom (printmaker), after Michel Vincent Brandoin, Swiss active in England, 1733−1807 (painter);Robert Sayer, 1725–1794 (publisher)<strong>The</strong> Exhibition <strong>of</strong> the Royal Academy <strong>of</strong> Painting in the Year 1771, 1772Mezzotint, only state, 18½ x 22³/₁₆ in. (47 x 56.3 cm)Purchased through a gift from Jane and W. David Dance, Class <strong>of</strong> 1940; pr.2003.1319