# Richard Earlom artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/richard-earlom/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:41:53.847Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: English
- Common media: Mezzotint, Works on paper and prints

## Portrait

![Richard Earlom](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Portrait_of_Richard_Earlom_Esqr_%284674092%29.jpg)
Richard Earlom · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Earlom

## About Richard Earlom

Richard Earlom (1728–1794) was an English mezzotinter. In the available source pack, that printmaking identity is the firmest art-historical description; the sources do not establish a named movement, documented series, or recurring subjects. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Earlom through works on paper and prints, particularly objects catalogued as mezzotints, rather than through a movement-based classification. Appraisily’s public market page connects his name with 179 matched auction records, including 123 priced records dated from 1995 through 2026. That coverage helps explain why Earlom appears regularly in auction and appraisal research, while careful object-level matching remains essential: a name match alone does not establish authorship, edition, state, or condition. The public entity links support his lifespan and occupational description. Because the collected pack lacks a fuller institutional biography and catalogue-level documentation, this profile avoids inferring subjects, series, or artistic affiliations.

## Common works and media

The collected sources identify Earlom as a mezzotinter and associate his auction market most directly with works on paper and prints. Mezzotint impressions are consequently the clearest supported work type for appraisal research. The source pack does not document recurring subjects, named series, or a reliable catalogue of editions, so those details should be established from the individual object, its inscriptions, and appropriate catalogue references rather than assumed from the artist name.

## Market and appraisal context

Richard Earlom auction results should be compared with genuinely similar works rather than treated as a single price benchmark. Relevant appraisal factors include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration history, inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, subject matter, rarity, and recent comparable sales. Appraisily’s matched records provide useful public-market context, but they may include reporting differences and do not capture every private transaction or later attribution change. Broad price ranges can also reflect materially different objects. A defensible appraisal therefore begins with the specific work and its documentation, then selects comparable public records with similar characteristics.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113217031
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Earlom
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/richard-earlom/