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. 58. [A Landscape], with a magnificent Arch ornamented with Bas Reliefs. A Vintage. (1777 ed.). No. 58. The Vintage Gatherers. The Scene represents a Hilly Country, with a lofty entrance to a Temple at the sIde, part of which is concealed by Trees. (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. 58. 1774. Note in pencil on reverse: Landscape with Peasants Harvesting Grapes. 1641.
Dimensions: Image 8 1/4" x 10 1/4". Sheet 11 1/4" x 18".
Publisher: Published Aug..t 1th. 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. Watermark J. Whatman 1808.
Condition: Upper margin is slightly trimmed. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Liber Veritatis. ... Vol. I. London, 1777 - 1819.
Museums and Libraries: Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium. No. SC 1953.91.58.
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.