Artist: Claude Lorrain (c. 1600 - 1682), 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. I]. No. 24. View near a Village, with a ruined Building, Claude himself drawing. (1777 ed.). No. 24. View of an Open Country, with a Cascade and a bridge, Sportsmen shooting, and the Artist seated drawing. (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. 24. 1774. Note in pencil on reverse: Landscape with Artist Drawing and Two Men Shooting Duck 1638.
Dimensions: Image 8" x 10 1/4". Sheet 11 1/4" x 18".
Publisher: Published April 25th. 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. There was an intention to cut a fragment out of the engraving, but it was made only one cut, and later it was restored. Old professional restoration of the deep (3 1/2") tear to the lower margin. 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 1953.91.24
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.