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.III.]. No.37. A Landscape - Mercury and Apollo.
The Possessors of the Drawings: [Vol.III.]. No. 37. Richard Payne Knight, Esqr.
Signed, Numbered, and Dated in the plate in italic: Claude delt. Earlom sculp. No.37. From the Original Drawing in the Collection of R. P. Knight, Esq.
Dimensions: Image 8 1/2" x 10 1/2". Sheet 10 1/4" x 13 3/4".
Publisher: Pub. Decr. 1. 1803. by J.&J. Boydell. No.90. Cheapside; & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London. More about John Boydell in our blog The Enlightenment man. More about The Shakespeare Gallery in our blog Shakespeare Gallery.
Date: 1803.
Materials and Techniques: Etching with mezzotint on wove paper.
Condition: Good A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Liber Veritatis. Vol. III. London, 1819.
Museums and Libraries: Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium. No. SC 1953.91.237
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.