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 engraver and mezzotinter.
Title (as is in the descriptive catalog): [Vol. I]. No. 59. A Landscape by Moonlight, with Peasants lighting a Fire (1777 ed.). No. 59. A Landscape by Moonlight. Six Travellers with two Mules are in the foreground, and two of the Men are seated by a blazing Fire. (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. R. Earlom fecit. No. 59. 1774.
Dimensions: Image 7 5/8" x 10". Sheet 11" x 15 1/2".
Publisher: Published Aug..t 1st. 1774 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: 1774.
Materials and Techniques: Etching with mezzotint on wove paper.
Condition: Upper left corner is missing. Margins are slightly trimmed. Restoration, clue remnants, parts of old hinges on verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Liber Veritatis. ... Vol. I. London, 1777 - 1819.
Museums and Libraries: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 1963.30.39097(1).59.
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.