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.84. A Landscape (1777 ed.). No. 84. A View of a mountainous and rocky Country with a River flowing along the foreground. (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. 84. 1775. Note in pencil on reverse: Trees and Rocks by a Stream 1644.
Dimensions: Image 8" x 10". Sheet 11 1/4" x 18".
Publisher: Published May 1st. 1775 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: 1775.
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 1953.91.84.
Note: More about Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain in our blog Claude Lorrain. Liber Veritatis.