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. I]. No. 69. [A Landscape], with a grand Portico, in which is [s]een Samuel anointing David. (1777 ed.) No. 69. Samuel anointing David King of Israel, The Subject is composed of many Figures assembled under the Portal of a Temple. (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. 69. 1774. Note in pencil on reverse: Landscape with Samuel anointing David.
Dimensions: Image 8" x 10 1/4". Sheet 11 1/2" x 18".
Publisher: Published Novr. 1th. 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. Two inches tear to the upper 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 1953.91.69.
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.