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Rare Original Antique Engraving of a Landscape with Cattle in England, 1775
€360 ($405, £305, €360)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1775
- Size
- 10.6 × 16.5 in (27 × 42 cm)
- Condition
- Good. General age-related toning and some foxing. Small hole outside image, please study image carefully.
- Period
- 18th century
- Section
- Mammals
- Reference
- f_29690082
Antique print of a landscape with cattle. Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'Liber Veritatis' owned by the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth.
Artists and Engravers: Commissioned by John Boydell, Richard Earlom engraved the full set between 1774 and 1777, when they were published by Boydell in two volumes, each containing 100 prints, numbered 1-200. A third volume of 100 prints was published by Boydell in 1819, which was numbered separately, containing mezzotints by Earlom after other drawings by Claude in various collections.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning and some foxing. Small hole outside image, please study image carefully.
Date: 1775
Overall size: 42 x 26.5 cm.
Image size: 26 x 20 cm.
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