Artist: Claude Lorrain (c. 1600 - 1682) was a famous French painter, who lived and worked in Italy.
Engraver: Richard Earlom (1743 – 1822) was an English mezzotinter.
Title (as is in the descriptive catalog): [Vol.II]. No.159. A Landscape, with the Story of Mercury and Battus. (1777 ed.). No.159. Mercury and Battus. A beautiful Landscape with the ruins of a Temple on the verge of a Grove. (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. 159. 1776. Note in pencil on reverse: Landscape with Mercury and Battus. 1663.
Dimensions: Image 8" x 10". Sheet 11 1/4" x 18".
Publisher: Published Septr 1st. 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 1953.91.159.
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.