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Maker(s):Earlom, Richard; Gellée, Claude, called Le Lorrain (after)
Culture:British (Earlom 1743 - 1822); French (Lorrain 1600 - 1682)
Title:A Study—View on the Bank of a River; No. 51 from Liber Veritatis
Date Made:1807 plate; 1819 probably printed
Type:Print
Materials:etching and mezzotint printed in brown on laid paper
Place Made:United Kingdom; England
Measurements:plate: 8 1/8 in. x 10 9/16 in.; 20.6375 cm x 26.51125 cm; sheet: 11 3/8 in x 16 15/16 in; 28.8925 cm x 43.02125 cm
Narrative Inscription:  In plate, l.l.: Claude Lorraine del.t / 51.; in plate, l.c.: Pub. June 1, 1807, by Boydell & Co. 90, Cheapside, London. / From the Original Drawing, in the Collection of Earl Spencer.; in plate, l.r.: Rich.d Earlom sculp.t; in plate, within image, l.r.: Claude Lorraine
Accession Number:  SC 1953.91.3.51
Credit Line:Gift of Henry Latimer Seaver
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
landscape; trees on right; river with two boats tied to shore in left foreground, three figures standing, talking in center foreground, fourth figure crouched below near river bank; fortress, castle tower on opposite side of river in left background; herd of goats (?) lightly sketched, 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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Gellée, Claude, called Le Lorrain
French 1600 – 1682
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