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.170. A Landscape, with Cattle. Mercury and Battus. (1777 ed.). No.170. Mercury and Battus. The latter is seated on a rock in the centre of the foreground of a Landscape, with Cattle feeding around him. (1819 ed.).
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. 170. Note in pencil on reverse: Landscape with Apollo & Mercury 1666.
Dimensions: Image 8 1/4" x 10 1/4". 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. Small tears to the upper margin. Binding pinholes to top edge. 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 1953.91.170
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.