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. I]. No. 80. A Sea Port, with Buildings and many Figures; Ulysses restoring [returning] Chryseis to Chryses the Priest of Apollo. (1777 ed.). No. 80. Ulysses restoring [returning] Chryseis to the Priest of Apollo. A Sea Port with a range of magnificent Buildings on one side, and a noble Palace on the other. A brilliant Sunset. (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. 80. 1774. Note in pencil on reverse: Seaport with Ulysses Returning Chryseis to the Father. 1644.
Dimensions: Image 8" x 10". Sheet 11 1/2" x 18".
Publisher: Published Novr. 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. Watermark J. Whatman 1808.
Condition: Creases of paper. 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 1953.91.80.
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.