Landscape with Shepherd and Shepherdess Etching Mezzotint Richard Earlom After Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellйe) Publisher Published by John Boydell British 1776 Plate 121 Original Title: "Claude le Lorrain delin №121 Published Jan. 1. 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside R. Earlom Аусше" Description: Striking and highly detailed 1776 Richard Earlom's мezzotint with etching Landscape with Shepherd and Shepherdess from "Liber Veritatis; or a Collection of Prints, after the Original Designs of Claude Le Lorrain; in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.", Band 2, Boydell, London 1777-1819. Date: 1776 ( dated ) Paper size 27,5 x 43 cm, imige size 18,5 x 26 cm Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains. Foxing and browning om the margin only. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Richard Earlom (1743 – 1822) was an English mezzotinter. Earlom was commissioned by John Boydell to copy all 200 drawings of Claude Lorraine's record of his paintings as prints, which were published from 1774 to 1777, when a collected edition in two volumes was published as Liber Veritatis. Or, A Collection of Two Hundred Prints, After the Original Designs of Claude le Lorrain, in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Executed by Richard Earlom, in the Manner and Taste of the Drawings.... with the inscription on the reverses, a "descriptive catalogue of each print" and the current owner, where it was known. A further volume of 100 prints after other Claude drawings from various British collections was added in 1819, also using "Liber Veritas" as its title. The title Liber Veritatis was invented for these reproductions, but is now used for the originals as well. These were then in a rebound book at Devonshire House in London; they are now in the British Museum. The prints used etching for Claude's pen lines, and mezzotint for the ink washes, giving a good impression of the originals. All used brown ink on white paper, so disregarding the blue of half the original pages. The prints were a huge success, reprinted and the plates reworked to give increasingly detailed reproductions. They were recommended by drawing teachers as models for copying, and influenced the technique of English watercolour artists in particular, for example Francis Towne. Claude Lorrain (1600 – 1682) was a painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era originally from the Duchy of Lorraine. ? Worldwide shipping from Riga, Latvia. ❗️ Payments through Paypal, Moneygram, directly to account through European IBAN, WISE, Paysend, Western Union; ACH (USA); Interac (Canada); Swift (international) ? It will be expertly packaged for transfer. ❗️ Experienced seller with many positive reviews. ? 110 EUR; No Sale taxes, Shipping included #antiqueprintmaproom #antiquemap #antiquemaps #antiquemapsandprints #antiquemapsandglobes #vintagemap #vintagemaps #mapmaker #oldmap #oldmaps #oldmapsandprints #antiqueprints #HistoricalCartography #CopperEngraving #MapCollectors #RareAntiques #CartographicHistory #RichardEarlomr #ClaudeLorrain #Mezzotint #Mezzotintprint #JohnBoydell 11743