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A Fruit Piece. : In the Marble Parlour at Houghton.

  • ARTIST: Michelangelo Pace

  • PUBLISHER: Published Septr. 30th 1776 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London.

  • MEDIUM: Mezzotint,

    DATE: 1776.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 10 7/16 x 13 7/8" (26.4 x 35.3 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: M. Angelo Campidogio pinxit. Joseph Farington delint. Richd. Earlom sculpsit.<br><br> Michelangelo Pace was also known as Michelangelo del Campidoglio and Michele Pace del Campidoglio. <br><br> Richard Earlom was a rather talented English engraver who worked for John Boydell, a print and book seller based in London. He produced 27 of the plates included in the two-volume series “The Houghton Gallery,” which reproduced 162 paintings held in the estate of Sir Robert Walpole. This mezzotint was one of the plates included in the series.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save for a few soft creases.

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