| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | Richard Earlom after Claude le Lorrain |
| Published | Published Jan:1st.1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. |
| Dimensions | Image 192 x 248 mm, Plate 208 x 259 mm, Sheet 228 x 275 mm |
| Notes |
From Liber Veritatis. Richard Earlom (1743-1822) was one of the greatest mezzotint and stipple engravers of his day. He was apprenticed to the London based engraver, G.B. Cipriani and studied at the St Martin's Lane Academy. He won many prizes for his drawings and engravings. In 1774, he began work for John Boydell for whom he created three hundred plates after Claude, published as the Liber Veritas (1777-1819). He also created for Boydell fifty-one plates after Cipriani. Earlom engraved outstanding works both after the designs of his contemporaries and after the old masters. Boydell commissioned his talents for some of the most famous plates in The Houghton Gallery and The Shakespeare Gallery. Claude Lorrain, traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French Claude Gellée, dit le Lorrain) (c. 1600 – 1682) was an artist of the Baroque era who was active in Italy, and is admired for his achievements in landscape painting. John Constable described Claude as "the most perfect landscape painter the world ever saw", and declared that in Claude's landscape "all is lovely – all amiable – all is amenity and repose; the calm sunshine of the heart" Lennox-Boyd ii/iii Ex. Col.: Hon. christopher Lennox-Boyd. Condition: Some foxing to sheet and image, watermark to the top of plate just affecting image. Tears to the left margin just affecting image and to the upper margin just inside of plate but not affecting image. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £150.00 |
| Stock ID | 25119 |