After Jan van Huysum

Mezzotints with stipple engraving and etching by Richard Earlom, 1778-81, two plates from the Houghton Gallery, fine impressions, the former a proof before letters, the latter with letters, on laid paper

'A Fruit Piece' with wide margins, occasional minute stains and rubbed areas in the right margin, occasional pale fox marks and surface dirt, laid down onto the backboard, framed. 'A Flower Piece' with thread margins, small repaired tears at the left edge of sheet, small paper loss at upper left corner, pale paper discoloration and surface dirt, other minor defects, laid down onto the backboard, framed.
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