Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Executioner, from John Evelyn's Sculptura

Richard Houston

Date

1755

Medium

Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper

Culture

Ireland

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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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