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The Portrait of Lamprey (BLUE)

Name: The Portrait Of Lamprey (BLUE) | Richard Houston
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 85137

Richard Houston (After)

Richard Houston

$250

Irish (1721–1775)

Date: Originally Published:1755
Hand colored engraving
Image Size: 11.5 x 13.75 inches
Size: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88 cm)
Printer: Thomas Spencer
Publisher: Spencer & Clee, Leicester Fields, London

$250

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Richard Houston, After, Irish (1721? - 1775) - The Portrait of Lamprey (BLUE).

Year: Originally Published:1755, Medium: Hand colored engraving, Image Size: 11.5 x 13.75 inches, Size: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88 cm), Printer: Thomas Spencer, Publisher: Spencer & Clee, Leicester Fields, London

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About The Artist: Richard Houston

Richard Houston was an Irish mezzotint engraver, whose career was mostly in London. Born in Dublin about 1721, he became a pupil of John Brooks, who was also the master of James McArdell and Charles Spooner. He came to London about 1747, and some of his early plates bear the address "near Drummond's at Charing Cross". In debt to Robert Sayer the print-seller, he was arrested and confined to the Fleet prison; according to Sayer this in order that...

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About The Medium: Engraving

A method of drawing that employs a burin or graver to cut or incise on a metal plate.

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