Claude Lorrain, after. Coast Scene with the Battle on the Bridge. Etching by Richard Earlom. 1776.

Artist: Claude Lorrain (c. 1600 - 1682) was a famous French painter, who lived and worked in Italy.Engraver: Richard Earlom (1743 – 1822) was an English mezzotinter. Title (as is in the descriptive catalog): [Vol.II]. No. 137. A View of the Sea, and the Representation of a Battle on a Bridge. (1777 ed.). No.137.  View of a Sea Port, and a distant fortified Town. About the center of the scene is a Battle on a Bridge, from which the affrighted Peasants are escaping. (1819 ed.). The Possessors of the Drawings:  From the Original Drawing, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire.Signed, Numbered, and Dated in the plate in italic: Claude le Lorrain delint. E. Earlom fecit. No. 137. 1776. Note in pencil on reverse: Coast Scene with the Battle on the Bridge.Dimensions:  Image 8" x 10". Sheet 11 1/4" x 18".Publisher: Published Jan-y. 1st. 1776 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside. More about John Boydell in our blog "The Enlightenment man". More about Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in our b