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Richard Houston

Head of Executioner, from John Evelyn's Sculptura

1755
Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper
13 × 16.3 cm (5.1 × 6.4 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

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.

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