The Art Institute of Chicago
Head of Executioner, from John Evelyn's Sculptura
Description
Richard Houston was an Irish painter and etcher who worked in England. He copied paintings primarily by Sir Joshua Reynolds. This print, however, is one of at least five copies of a mezzotint by Prince Rupert, who brought this new technique to England around 1654.
Dimensions
Image/plate: 13 × 16.3 cm (5 1/8 × 6 7/16 in.)
Movement / Period
Accession No
62
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Richard Houston Irish, about 1721–1775 After Prince Rupert of the Rhine German, 1619-1682
Romanticism & Neoclassicism • Ireland • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
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