Claude Lorrain, after. Pastoral Landscape. 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. 156. [Landscape. Herdman driving Cattle to a River]. (1777 ed). No.156. A Herdsman driving Cattle to a River, over which is a rustic Bridge. (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. R. Earlom fecit. No. 156. 1776. Note in pencil on reverse: Pastoral Landscape. 1662.Dimensions:  Image 8" x 10". Sheet 11 1/4" x 18".Publisher: Published Septr.  2d. 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 blog Shakespeare Gallery.Date: 1776.Materials and Techniques:  Etching with mezzotint on wove paper.Condition: Creases of pa