| Maker(s): | Earlom, Richard; Gellée, Claude, called Le Lorrain (after)
| | Culture: | British (Earlom 1743 - 1822); French (Lorrain 1600 - 1682)
| | Title: | A Study; No. 63 from Liber Veritatis
| | Date Made: | 1810 plate; 1819 probably printed
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | etching and mezzotint printed in brown on laid paper
| | Place Made: | United Kingdom; England
| | Measurements: | plate: 6 3/16 in. x 8 13/16 in.; 15.71625 cm x 22.38375 cm; sheet: 11 7/16 in x 16 3/4 in; 29.05125 cm x 42.545 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | In plate, l.l.: Claude delin.t / No. 63.; in plate, l.c.: Pub. Dec.r 1, 1810, by Mess.rs Boydell & Co. No. 90, Cheapside London. / From the Original Drawing, in the Collection of Mr. T. Philipe.; in plate, l.r.: R. Earlom sculp.t
| | Accession Number: | SC 1953.91.3.63
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Henry Latimer Seaver
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
landscape, rural; shepherd with staff and shepherdess in center foreground, herd of sheep, goats, and one cow walking in front of them on left; ancient ruin, wall with pilasters, on hill in right middle ground; small stone arch over stream in right foreground
Label Text:
From the third volume of three volume Liber Veritatis, a collection of mezzotints after drawings by Claude Lorrain. Each volume contains 100 prints; the first two volumes are after Claude drawings in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire (first printed in 1777, with a second printing in 1819), the third volume is after Claude drawings from other sources (printed in 1819).
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