Artist: Claude Lorrain (c. 1600 - 1682) was a famous French painter, who lived and worked in Italy.
Engraver: Richard Earlom (1743 – 1822) an English engraver and mezzotinter.
Title (as is in the descriptive catalog): [Vol.II]. No. 166. A Landscape, with Figures and Cattle. Erminia coming to the old Shepherd, who was listening to the Song of his three children. Tasso, vii, 6. (1777 ed.). No. 166. Erminia listening to the tale of the old Shepherd, near whom are his three Children. Tasso vii, 16. The story is introduced in the foreground of a Land-scape. (1819 ed.).
The Possessors of the Drawings: From the Original Drawing, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire.
Signed, Numbered, and Dated in the plate in italic: Claude le Lorrain delint. E. Earlom fecit. No. 166. 1776. Note in pencil on reverse: Landscape with Ermina and the Shepherds. 1666.
Dimensions: Image 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". Sheet 11 1/4" x 18".
Publisher: Published Decr 3d. 1776 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside. More about John Boydell in our blog "The Enlightenment man". More about Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in our blog Shakespeare Gallery.
Date: 1776.
Materials and Techniques: Etching with mezzotint on wove paper.
Condition: Creases of paper. Old stains. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Liber Veritatis. Vol. II. London, 1777 - 1819.
Museums and Libraries: Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium. No. SC 1953.91.166
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.