Richard Earlom and Richard Westall Paradise Lost Adam Awakening Eve The Poetical Works of John Milton

Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve (The Poetical Works of John Milton)

Richard Earlom's Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve designed by Richard Westall: A Note On Paradise Lost: Such masterworks as Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes and Comus place John Milton (British, 1608 - 1674) as England's greatest poet. Paradise Lost was first published in 1667. It is Milton's great epic poem, composed in twelve books. This original stipple engraving illustrates the Fifth Book. In the First Book Satan revolts and is driven from Heaven with his legions. He establishes his palace in Hell. In Book Two Satan and his angels debate as to whether to wage another battle against Heaven but instead decide to examine a newly created world (Eden) with its new creatures. God's greatest creations of first Adam and then Eve take place in the Garden of Eden several book's later. This brilliant Richard Earlom engraving illustrates the opening lines of Book Five when Adam awakens the newly created Eve. The engraver's name, "R. Earlom Sculpt.", the designer's name, "R. Westall delt.", title, "Paradise Lost. B.5.L.II" and publisher's details "Publish'd June 4, 1794 by J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside." are printed below the image. Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve is an original 'First Edition Impression' engraved by Richard Earlom based upon a design created by the British artist, Richard Westall for John & Josiah Boydell's set entitled, "The Poetical Works of John Milton" published in 1794.

Original Stipple Engraving by the British artist, Richard Earlom designed by Richard Westall.

Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve

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Richard Earlom (London, 1743 - 1822)
#	Image	Title & Engraver	Medium	Date	Publisher	-
01-		Liber Veritas #110 by Richard Earlom designed by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)	Original Etching & Mezzotint	1775	Liber Veritas	Sold
02.-		Liber Veritas #127 by Richard Earlom designed by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)	Original Etching & Mezzotint	1776	Liber Veritas	Sold
03.-		Liber Veritas #130 by Richard Earlom designed by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)	Original Etching & Mezzotint	1776	Liber Veritas	Sold
04.-		Orpheus by Richard Earlom designed by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione	Original Mezzotint Engraving	1781	The Houghton Gallery	Sold
05.-		Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve by Richard Earlom designed by Richard Westall	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression'	1794	The Poetical Works of John Milton	Sold
06.-		Paradise Lost: Eve in the Garden of Eden by Richard Earlom designed by Richard Westall	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression'	1795	The Poetical Works of John Milton	Sold
07.-		The Exposition of Cyrus by Richard Earlom designed by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione	Original Mezzotint Engraving	1781	The Houghton Gallery	Sold

View other original engravings published by John and Josiah Boydell for "The Poetical Works of John Milton".

The Poetical Works of John Milton
Designed by Richard Westall
#	Image	Title & Engraver	Engraver Info	Medium	Date	-
01.-		Comus: Sabrina Releasing the Lady from her Spell by John Ogborne	John Ogborne (Chelmsford, 1755 - London, 1837)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	Available
02.-	-	Comus: The Forest Scene by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
03.-	-	Comus: The Temptation Scene by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833) & Benjamin Duterrau (1767 - 1851)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
04.-	-	Elegia Quinta by Thomas Kirk	Thomas Kirk (London, Died, 1797)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
05.-		Hymn to the Nativity by Jean Pierre Simon	Jean Pierre Simon, 'John Peter Simon' (London, 1750 - Paris, c. 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	Available
06.-	-	Il Penseroso by John Ogborne	John Ogborne (Chelmsford, 1755 - London, 1837)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
07.-		On the Death of a Fair Infant by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	Available
08.-	-	L'Allegro by Thomas Kirk	Thomas Kirk (London, Died, 1797)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
09.-		Lycidas (A poem by John Milton), by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	Available
10.-	-	Milton and his two Daughters by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
11.-		Paradise Lost: Adam and Eve Banished from Paradise by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available
12.-		Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve by Richard Earlom	Richard Earlom (London, 1743 - 1822)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	Sold
13.-		Paradise Lost: Death Leaving the Gates of Hell for the World of Man by John Ogborne	John Ogborne (Chelmsford, 1755 - London, 1837)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available
14.-		Paradise Lost: Eve in the Garden of Eden by Richard Earlom	Richard Earlom (London, 1743 - 1822)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Sold
15.-		Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels by Luigi Schiavonetti	Luigi Schiavonetti (Bassano, Italy, 1765 - London, 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	Sold
16.-		Paradise Lost: Satan Alarmed by Jean Pierre Simon	Jean Pierre Simon, 'John Peter Simon' (London, 1750 - Paris, c. 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	Available
17.-	-	Paradise Lost: Satan at the Gates of Hell by Jean Pierre Simon	Jean Pierre Simon, 'John Peter Simon' (London, 1750 - Paris, c. 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	--
18.-	-	Paradise Lost: Satan Awakening His Legions by Jean Pierre Simon	Jean Pierre Simon, 'John Peter Simon' (London, 1750 - Paris, c. 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	--
19.-		Paradise Lost: The Angel Raphael Relates The Story of Creation to Adam and Eve by Thomas Kirk	Thomas Kirk (London, Died, 1797)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Sold
20.-		Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve by Thomas Kirk	Thomas Kirk (London, Died, 1797)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Sold
21.-		Paradise Regained: Christ and Satan Dispute the Value of Earthly Glory. by William Satchwell Leney	William Satchwell Leney (London, 1769 - Longue Pointe (Montreal), Canada, 1831)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available
22.-		Paradise Regained: Christ in the Wilderness by Moses Haughton Junior	Moses Haughton, Junior (Wednesbury, Staffordshire, c. 1772 - London, 1848)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available
23.-		Paradise Regained: The Fall of Satan by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available

Portraits of John Milton (England, 1608 - 1674)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Medium	Publisher	Date	-
01.-		John Milton, Age 21 by William Nelson Gardiner	William Nelson Gardiner (Dublin, 1766 - London, 1814)	Original Stipple Engraving and Etching	John and Josiah Boydell & George Nicol, London	1794	Sold
02.-		John Milton, Age 62 by William Nelson Gardiner	William Nelson Gardiner (Dublin, 1766 - London, 1814)	Original Stipple Engraving and Etching	John and Josiah Boydell & George Nicol, London	1794
03.-		Portrait of John Milton as a Child by Giovanni Battista Cipriani	Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence, Italy, 1727 - London (Hammersmith), 1785)	Original Etching	Thomas Hollis (J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol Edition, 1794)	1760
04.-		Portrait of John Milton as a Young Man by Giovanni Battista Cipriani	Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence, Italy, 1727 - London (Hammersmith), 1785)	Original Etching	Thomas Hollis (J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol Edition, 1794)	1760
05.-		Portrait of John Milton in Old Age by Giovanni Battista Cipriani	Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence, Italy, 1727 - London (Hammersmith), 1785)	Original Etching	Thomas Hollis (J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol Edition, 1794)	1760
06.-		Portion of a Shield (John Milton dictating his epic poem, "Paradise Lost", to his daughter.) by John Alfred Vinter	John Alfred Vinter (London, 1828 - 1905)	Original Lithograph	Day & Son, London	1852

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Title:	Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve
Engraver:	Earlom, Richard (London, 1743 - 1822)
Designer:	Westall, Richard (Hertford, 1765 - London, 1836)
Date:	1794
Medium:	Original Stipple Engraving
Publisher	J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside
Source:	The Poetical Works of John Milton
Note:	Richard Earlom: One of the greatest eighteenth century mezzotint and stipple engravers, Richard Earlom was apprenticed to the London based engraver, Cipriani, in his youth. He began work for John Boydell in 1774, taking five years to create the two hundred plates which comprise the Liber Veritas set. These engravings showed the world the remarkable effects a combination of mezzotint and etching could produce on landscape art and gained for both Earlom and Boydell a long lasting fame. In fact, in the following century, these Earlom mezzotints directly influenced the landscape art of Turner.
	During the following years Earlom engraved outstanding works both after the designs of his contemporaries and after the old masters. Boydell continued to commission his talents for some of the most famous plates in both The Houghton Gallery and the Shakespeare Gallery. For The Poetical Works of John Milton, Earlom contributed two of the most famous engravings from the set, both dealing with the story of Adam and Eve. As one can easily see in this original engraving entitled, Paradise Lost. B.5.L.II he was without equal in capturing the rich and subtle tonal qualities of the demanding stipple medium. Today, Earlom is most appreciated for his technical virtuosity and mastery, and his more famous engravings consistently fetch over two thousand Pounds at auction.
	Richard Westall: After attending the Royal Academy schools in London (1785), Richard Westall devoted himself to history and landscape subjects. He was an early practitioner of the watercolour medium and many publishers of illustrated books soon sought his designs for publication of illustrated editions of Gray, Moore, Crabbe and other poets of the day. During the 1790's he was commissioned by Boydell to work upon both the Milton and Shakespeare sets. Richard Westall was elected an Associate of the prestigious Royal Academy in 1792 and a full Academician in 1794. In the 1820's he was appointed the drawing master to then Princess Victoria.
	John Boydell (Shropshire, 1719 - London, 1804) is easily one of England's most remarkable 18th century personalities. Born in poverty, he began his career as an at best mediocre engraver of small book plates. At this time England was at a very low ebb as a serious centre for the visual arts (particularly engraving) and Boydell sought to eradicate this situation by beginning a second career as a publisher of fine prints. Modest initial experiments in the 1760's led to a rapid expansion of his business and during the 1770's he published his striking series of mezzotint engravings, Liber Veritas, engraved by Richard Earlom after the drawings of Claude Lorrain. This ambitious undertaking put England back on the printmaking map and was a huge financial success for John Boydell.
	Boydell had now established London as a major centre for the arts and this once poor and struggling engraver/publisher was acknowledged for his efforts by being elected no less than Lord Mayor of London, in 1791. The same year marked the beginning of Boydell's most grandiose undertaking. His new publishing establishment in Pall Mall, the 'Shakspeare Gallery', began by commissioning the most esteemed painters and engravers in the country to create and design large and expensive engravings based upon the plays and life of William Shakespeare. By this time as well John Boydell's nephew, Josiah Boydell (1752-1817), had joined the firm.
	This monumental venture continued until Boydell's death thirteen years later. By that time, The Shakespeare Gallery had created and published one hundred and seventy engravings on a grand scale. Alas, the expenses for this vast project had been so large that England's foremost publisher of art ended his life the way he began, dying penniless.
	At this time England's other great literary giant, John Milton, was honoured by Boydell. The Poetical Works of John Milton was published in three parts in 1794, 1795 and 1797. Sparing no expense, Boydell commissioned George Romney to design a portrait plate and Richard Westall to design images illustrating each part of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained as well as the more famous individual poems. The engravers included Richard Earlom, Thomas Kirk, J. P. Simon, Benjamin Smith, M. Haughton, Dutterau and John Ogborne.
	Unlike the Shakespeare engravings, the Milton prints were constructed almost solely in the stipple technique. Stippling reached its golden age in late eighteenth century England. The technique was promoted and taught by Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence, Italy, 1727 - Lisbon, Portugal, 1815). Many of the above mentioned engravers were among his finest students. Briefly, stippling was a tonal method where the image was created not with solid lines but with a multitude of dots or flicks. Under a master's hand, stippling magnificently captured tonal values by contrasting areas of light and shade. Unfortunately it was most laborious and quickly became extinct with advances in aquatint engraving in the early nineteenth century. Yet to this day some of the most subtle and sensual engravings in the history of British art belong to the stipple engravers of the late eighteenth century.
	A Note On Paradise Lost: Such masterworks as Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes and Comus place John Milton (British, 1608 - 1674) as England's greatest poet. Paradise Lost was first published in 1667. It is Milton's great epic poem, composed in twelve books. This original stipple engraving illustrates the Fifth Book. In the First Book Satan revolts and is driven from Heaven with his legions. He establishes his palace in Hell. In Book Two Satan and his angels debate as to whether to wage another battle against Heaven but instead decide to examine a newly created world (Eden) with its new creatures. God's greatest creations of first Adam and then Eve take place in the Garden of Eden several book's later. This brilliant stipple engraving engraved by Richard Earlom illustrates the opening lines of Book Five when Adam awakens the newly created Eve. The engraver's name, "R. Earlom Sculpt.", the designer's name, "R. Westall delt.", title, "Paradise Lost. B.5.L.II" and publisher's details "Publish'd June 4, 1794 by J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside." are printed below the image. This brilliant stipple engraving entitled, Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve engraved by Richard Earlom illustrates the opening lines of Book Five, when Adam awakens the newly created Eve, it reads; "Now morn, her rosy steps in the eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl; When Adam waked, so custom'd; for his sleep Was airy light, from pure digestion bred, And temperate vapours bland; which the only sound Of leaves and fuming rills, Aurora's fan, Lightly dispersed, and the shrill matin song Of birds on every bough: so much the more His wonder was, to find unwaken'd Eve, With tresses discomposed, and glowing cheek, As through unquiet rest. He on his side Leaning, half raised, with looks of cordial love, Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus. Awake, My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last best gift, my ever new delight, Awake; the morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us, we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our Tended Plants, how blows the Citron Grove, What drops the Myrrhe, and what the balmie Reed, How Nature paints her colours, how the Bee Sits on the Bloom extracting liquid sweet..."
Edition:	As one can easily see, these stipple engravings for Boydell's The Poetical Works of John Milton are masterpieces of their kind. In both design and technique they easily surpass the larger Shakespeare prints one usually associates with John Boydell and his artists.
Size:	12 1/2 X 8 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon thick Whatman wove paper and with large, full margins as published by John and Josiah Boydell in Pall Mall in 1794. The engraver's name, "R. Earlom Sculpt.", the designer's name, "R. Westall delt.", title, "Paradise Lost" "B.5.L.II" and publisher's details "Published June 4, 1794 by J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside." are printed below the image. Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve is a rich, early impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original stipple engraving represents a superb example of late eighteenth century British art.
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Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve (The Poetical Works of John Milton)