Richard Houston

Richard Houston (1721?–1775) was an Irish mezzotint engraver, whose career was mostly in London.

Born in Dublin about 1721, he became a pupil of John Brooks, who was also the master of James McArdell and Charles Spooner.

[1] He came to London about 1747, and some of his early plates bear the address "near Drummond's at Charing Cross".

Houston died in Hetton Street, London, on 4 August 1775, aged 54.

Houston's major works are engravings after Sir Joshua Reynolds, which include portraits of: He engraved also: A series of portraits by him is in Richard Rolt's Lives of the Principal Reformers, London, 1759.