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.103. A Landscape, with Cattle passing a Ford. (1777 ed.). No.103. Peasants with Cattle fording a River. Among them is a woman with a basket of linen on her head. (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. 103. 1775.
Dimensions: Image 8" x 10". Sheet 11" x 13 3/4"
Publisher: Published Septr. 1st. 1775 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: 1775.
Materials and Techniques: Etching with mezzotint on wove paper.
Condition: Creases of paper. Old stains. Foxings. Holes from the binding sewing to the upper margin. Trimmed margins. 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 1953.91.103.
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.