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    "verified_text": "earlom, richard (1742-1822), english mezzotint engraver, was born and died in london. his natural faculty for art appears to have been first called into exercise by admiration for the lord mayor's state coach, just decorated by cipriani. he tried to copy the paintings, and was sent to study under cipriani. he displayed great skill as a draughtsman, and at the same time acquired without assistance the art of engraving in mezzotint. in 1765 he was employed by alderman boydell, then one of the most liberal promoters of the fine arts, to make a series of drawings from the pictures at houghton hall; and these he afterwards engraved in mezzotint. his most perfect works as engraver are perhaps the fruit and flower pieces after the dutch artists van os and van huysum. amongst his historical and figure subjects are--\"agrippina,\" after west; \"love in bondage,\" after guido reni; the \"royal academy,\" the \"embassy of hyderbeck to meet lord cornwallis,\" and a \"tiger hunt,\" the last three after zoffany; and \"lord heathfield,\" after sir joshua reynolds. earlom also executed a series of 200 facsimiles of the drawings and sketches of claude lorraine, which was published in 3 vols. folio, under the title of _liber veritatis_ (1777-1819). earlston (formerly ercildoune, of which it is a corruption), a parish and market town of berwickshire, scotland. pop. (1901) 1049. it is situated on leader water in lauderdale, 721/2 m. s.e. of edinburgh by the north british railway branch line from reston junction to st boswells, and about 4 m. n.e. of melrose. when the place was a hamlet of rude huts it was called arcioldun or \"prospect fort,\" with reference to black hill (1003 ft.), on the top of which may yet be traced the concentric rings of the british fort by which it was crowned. it is said to be possible to make out the remains of the cave-dwellings of the ottadeni, the aborigines of the district. in the 12th and 13th centuries the lindsays and the earls of march and dunbar were the chief baronial families. the particular link with the remote past, however, is the ivy-clad ruin of the ancient tower, \"the rhymer's castle,\" the traditional residence of thomas learmont, commonly called thomas of ercildoune, or thomas the rhymer, poet and prophet, and friend of the fairies, who was born here about 1225. rhymer's tower was crumbling to pieces, and its stones were being used in the erection of dykes, cottages and houses, when the edinburgh border counties association acquired the relic and surrounding lands in 1895, and took steps to prevent further spoliation and decay. the leading manufactures are ginghams, tweeds and shirtings, and the town is also an important agricultural centre, stock sales taking place at regular intervals and cattle and horse fairs being held every year. some 3 m. away is the estate of bemersyde, said to have been in the possession of the haigs for nearly 1000 years. the prospect from bemersyde hill was sir walter scott's favourite view. the castle at bemersyde was erected in 1535 to secure the peace of the border.",
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