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.44. A Study—A Storm at Sea.
Signed, numbered, and dated in the plate in italic: Claude Lorrain delt. Richd. Earlom sculpt.
Dimensions: Image 8 1/2" x 11". Sheet 10 1/4" x 13 3/4"
Publisher: Pub. Jun. 1. 1807 by Boydell & Co. No.44. Cheapside. London. More about John Boydell in our blog The Enlightenment man. More about The Shakespeare Gallery in our blog Shakespeare Gallery.
Date: 1807.
Materials and Techniques: Etching with mezzotint on laid paper with an indistinct watermark.
Condition: Creases of paper. Stains. Foxings. Teases to the upper margin.
Part of: Liber Veritatis. Vol.III. London, 1819.
Museum: Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium. SC 1953.91.244
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.