Richard Earlom, “Diana and Her Nymphs”, 1787, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Richard Earlom (aka [pseud.] Henry Birche) (1743–1822)

“Diana and Her Nymphs”, 1787, number 36 in a series of 50 etchings after drawings by Giovanni Battista Cipriani (aka Giuseppe Cipriani; John Baptist Cipriani) (1727–1785), “A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the late Celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esqr R.A.” (see https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.43533.html), published in London by John Boydell (1719–1804) and his nephew, Josiah Boydell (1752–1817).

The portrayed scene shows Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt, standing at left holding her iconic bow and offering a rabbit to the closer of her four companion nymphs (see description of this print by the British Museum [inv. no. 1861,0518.369]).

Etching and aquatint on wove paper, trimmed around the image borderline with loss of publication details and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 24.2 x 32.7 cm.

Wessely 485 (J E Wessely 1886 “Richard Earlom, Verzeichniss seiner Radirungen und Schabkunstblätter”, Hamburg, cat. no. 485).

Condition: a strong impression trimmed around the image borderline and laid upon a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this seemingly loosely inscribed etching following a drawing by Giovanni Battista Cipriani—a founding member of the Royal Academy—for the total cost of AU$289 (currently/approximately US$191.44/EUR176.83/GBP147.63 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$289) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this freely drawn composition revealing not only a haptic leaning to drawing (viz. drawing as if describing a form by the sense of touch rather than describing its superficial details) but also a deep knowledge of anatomy—note how the lines follow the course of muscles rather than defining a silhouette outline of the portrayed subjects—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.