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. 167. A Landscape, with Buildings, with the Story of Cupid and Psyche. (1777 ed.). No. 167. Cupid and Psyche (or Clyta;). This beautiful Landscape was doubtless intended to portray the abode of bliss, the young God with his beloved Psyche are enjoying the cooling freshness of a pellucid stream in the foreground of the picture. (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. 167. 1776. Note in pencil on reverse: Landscape with Psyche Saved from Drowning. 1666.
Dimensions: Image 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". Sheet 11 1/2" 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. Watermark J. Whatman 1808.
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 1953.91.167.
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.