The Royal Academy of Arts

1773

Richard Earlom, after Johann Zoffany

Associated Names
Richard Earlom

Artist, British, 1743 - 1822

Robert Sayer

Publisher, British, 1725 - 1794

Johann Zoffany

Artist After, British, 1733 - 1810

The image shows a room filled with men. The men are engaged in an activity around a seated male figure model. The model is positioned on a raised platform. Some men are depicted in 18th-century clothing with drawing tools. The room features classical statues, busts, and framed portraits on the walls. Chandeliers provide lighting in the room.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(R. E. Lewis, CA, 25 January 1991); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits, Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the Early Part of the Present Century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884: no. 1, undesc ii/ii

1886

  • Wessely, J. E. Richard Earlom: Verzeichniss seiner Radirungen und Schabkunstblätter. Hamburg, 1886, no. 102, ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Joannes Zoffanii pinxit 1772 / LONDON: Published by Rob.t Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 2.d August 1773..; lower center in plate: The ROYAL ACADEMY of ARTS, instituted by the King in the Year 1768~Humbly dedicated to its ROYAL PATRON, by His MAJESTY'S most faithfull subject / Robert Sayer; lower left in plate: Richardus Earlom sculpsit, 1773

Wikidata ID

Q77259448

You may be interested in

Loading Results