Head of Executioner, from John Evelyn's Sculptura
Richard Houston
1755
Medium
Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 13 × 16.3 cm (5 1/8 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 17.8 × 17.8 cm (7 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
mezzotint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
62
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.