The Great Age of English Mezzotints - Hood Museum of Art

CHECKLISTDimensions for prints are in inches and centimeters, height followed by width. By the middleof the eighteenth century, mezzotint publishers increasingly issued different versions of a print,called states, such as those before the addition of inscriptions or with the letters barely scratchedinto the surface of the plate. States are written in Roman numerals, with the number of the totalstates shown in the denominator and the specific state referenced in the numerator.Henry Birche (pseudonym for Richard Earlom), English, 1743–1822 (printmaker),after Thomas Gainsborough, English, 1727–1788 (painter);Benjamin Beale Evans, English, about 1765–1824 (publisher)The 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 of Robert LoperJohn Dixon, Irish active in England, about 1740–about 1811 (printmaker and publisher), after George Stubbs,English, 1724–1806 (painter); John Boydell, English, 1719–1804, Samuel Hooper, English, active 1766–1788,Thomas Bradford, English, active 1763–1773, Thomas Burford, English, 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 of 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, English, 1743–1822 (printmaker), after Carlo Dolci, Italian, 1616–1686 (painter);John Boydell (publisher)The Virgin and Child with the Infant John the Baptist, 1768Mezzotint with etching, only state, 9½ x 8¼ in. (24.1 x 21 cm)Collection of Robert Dance, Class of 1977Richard Earlom (printmaker), after Joseph Wright of Derby, English, 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)The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of 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 of 1940; pr.2003.1319