Grosvenor Prints

La Chose Impossible. Que ne peut point sur nous l’attrayante Beauté; Puisque pour contenter un amour qui l’accable, Et de la jeune Iris vaincre la Cruauté, Lisandre est assez fou pour se donner au Diable. De ce séxe enchanteur qui trouble la raison, Que ne peut point aussi l’ingénieuse adressé, Puisq’Iris a bien seu d’un seul trait de finesse. Et sauber son amant et duper le Demon. Moraine.
Lorrain inv. D. Sornique Sculp.
AParis chez Buldet rue de Gêvres. Avec privilege du Roi. [n.d. c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate 318 x 362mm (12½ x 14¼). Crease not visible from front. Faint time stain. Very fine impression.
A young man attempts to court Lisandre, with the help of the Devil who sits floating on a dark cloud beside them.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28359] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with Flight into Egypt] [Engraved from the Original Picture, in the Collection of the Revd Dr Newton...Published by F. Vivares may 5th 1757]
Chatelin & Vivares fecit [1757]
Etching and engraving, platemark 415 x 500mm (16¼ x 19¾"). Small margins; stains; very fine unfinished proof.
Landscape with Mary, Joseph and the Christ child on left, peasant and cows crossing a bridge on right, and a flock in distance. After a painting by Claude Lorrain (c.1600-82), 17th century landscape painter whose paintings were immensely important for the development of British landscape painting in the 18th century, largely disseminated through prints such as this.
[Ref: 38587] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

After a Picture of Claude Lorrain [ms] [In the Collection of Dr. Mead]
[Claudio Gillee Lorenese pinxit 1656. Vivares Sculp]
[Published by C. Knapton 1741]
Engraving, platemark 315 x 405mm (12½ x 16"). Scarce proof before letters; platemark broken in places. Very large margins.
Landscape with bridge in background, fishermen casting nets from a small boat, and a group of figures in the foreground, including a lady putting on stockings, typical of Claude Lorrain's earlier works. Engraving (in reverse) of Claude's painting 'The Ford', executed by Francis Vivares while the painting was in the collection of the physician and collector Dr Richard Mead. The painting is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and it is now believed that it was executed in 1636 rather than 1656 as claimed on the lettered later state of this print. From a successful and well-known series of landscape prints from paintings in important British collections.
For a portrait of Mead see ref. 11688. Private Collection.
[Ref: 38516] £320.00

[The Embarkation of Carlo and Ubaldo] In the Collection of His Grace the late Duke of Kent
Claudio Gillee Lorenese pinx P.C. Canot Sculp
Publish'd by Ar. Pond May 1744
Very fine engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16"), with very large margins.
Scene from Torquato Tasso's epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' ('La Gerusalemme Liberata', 1581), a largely mythified account of the First Crusade in which Christian knights fought to seize the city of Jerusalem from the Fatimid Caliphate. Here the knights Carlo and Ubaldo embark on a voyage; the wizard of Ascalon (who has assisted them) departs on the left. Engraving of a 1667 painting by Claude Lorrain (?1604/5-1682), now in the Art Gallery of Ontario.
[Ref: 40465] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The finding of Moses] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 47.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Sept.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 260 x 210mm, 10¼ x 8½". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
Classical pastoral scene, 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21833] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 188.]
[Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.]
[Published Mar 1st 1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.]
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. Very rare proof before all letters. 210 x 260mm (8½ x 10¼"), with large margins. Slight foxing in the margins.
An Italianate scene of a shepherd taking to passers-by, underneath a hilltop town, a bay behind. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 52516] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Pastoral scene.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 52.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
Herdsmen driving cattle and goats across a small wooden bridge. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21859] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Ulysses restituting Chryseis to her father Chryses.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 80.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins. Creased left of centre.
A sea-port, with Ulysses returning Chryseis to her father Chryses, a Trojan priest of Apollo. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21858] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Shipwreck in a storm.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 72.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
A shipwreck off a rocky coastline with a keep. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21850] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[The women of Troy destroying the Greek fleet.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 71.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
Trojan women setting fire to the Greek fleet. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21849] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Mercury with Herse and Aglaurus.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 70.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
The god Mercury with Herse, with whom he is in love, and her sister Aglaurus. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21848] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Samuel anointing David King of Israel.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 69.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
Samuel anointing David King of Israel in the portico of a temple. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21847] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[The Landing of Cleopatra.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 63.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
The landing of Cleopatra at Tarsus. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21843] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

[Italianate pastoral scene.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 62.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 270 x 190mm, 10½ x 7½". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
Peasants driving a cow and goats across a bridge. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21842] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Italianate port scene.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 61.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 270 x 190mm, 10½ x 7½". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21841] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Pastoral scene with nymph and satyr.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 55.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Aug. 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
St Ursula was a a Romano-British princess who set sail to get married with 11,000 virginal handmaidens. All were beheaded by the Huns. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21839] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with a Herd of Goats] Engraved by W.m Wilson from an Excellent Picture of Claud Lorrain painted in 1641 in the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble L.d James Cavendish. 6
[c.1750]
Engraving. Platemark 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Small margins. Very fine; pinhole upper centre. 41670
Landscape after Claude Lorrain (1604/5-82), French painter often regarded as the greatest of all ideal landscape artists, whose depictions of idealised pastoral scenes were immensely popular amongst the European nobility and clergy. Subsequent British landscape painters such as Richard Wilson and JMW Turner were strongly influenced by his work.
Private Collection.
[Ref: 38517] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Pastoral landscape with figures and cattle by a shore]
Claude fecit Roma 1676 [in image lower left]. R. Earlom sculpt.
Pub. Jan. 20 1802 by J. & J. Boydell, No 90, Cheapside &c at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Etching, platemark 270 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"). Large margins. State before mezzotinting.
Etching 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. Commissioned by John Boydell, 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.
For a set of 20 plates from the series, in etched outline states, see ref. 20226.
[Ref: 37197] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A View in Italy. In the Collection of Henry Hoare Esq.r.
Claud Lorraine Pinx.t. J. Mason Sculp.t.
Published by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London 1774.
Engraving, fine impression. 410 x 530mm (16 x 20¾"), very large margins.
A landscape scene with two figures walking towards the centre, and a herd of goats in the foreground. Woods can be seen at the right with hills and forest in the background. After Claude Lorrain (c. 1600-82).
[Ref: 38665] £350.00

Beauties of Claude Lorraine Consisting of Twenty Four Landscapes, Selected from the Liber Veritatis; And Engraved on Steel By Eminent Engravers, from a Brilliant Copy in the Possession of His Grace the Duke of Bedford.
London, Published by W.B. Cooke, 9, Soho Square. 1825.
2º, later half morocco gilt with marbled boards and endpapers; frontispiece portrait, title, 4pp., 24 numbered mezzotints on steel, printed in sepia. Block loose from covers; plates spotted.
24 plates printed from mezzotints engraved on steel, copied from plates in John Boydell's 'Liber Veritatis' engraved by Richard Earlom. Bookplate of Arthur Perigal 1784-1847.
See Ref: 60827 & 60828
[Ref: 60829] £720.00 view all images for this item

[Eleven bound plates of Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]
Claude le Lorraine delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Jan: 1.st 1774 [to Jan.y 1.st 1776] by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Oblong folio, later cloth; 11 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes. Each plate c. 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). First plate with surface soiling, wear to edges.
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, five from the collection of Earl Spencer and five from Charles Lambert's. They were issued as part of the Subscription Edition of the third volume of John Boydell's highly successful 'Liber Veritatis'. The first two volumes were published in 1774 and 1777, and contained mezzotint copies by Richard Earlom of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', owned by the Duke of Devonshire, which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes. This third volume, also by Earlom, contained 100 plates of paintings in other collections. Engraving the plates of this additional volume began in January 1802 and the completed book was published 1819. The plates are numbers 140, 128, 109, 110, 99, 91, 87, 42, 3 & 16, evidence of removal of plates.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60829.
[Ref: 60828] £480.00 view all images for this item

[Subscription issue of plates 51-60 of Volume III of Claude Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]
Claude Lorraine del.t. Rich.d Earlom, sculp.t.
Pub. June 1, 1807, by Boydell & C.o 90 Cheapside London.
10 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes, with large margins. Sheets 295 x 460mm (11½ x 18"), original stitching on top edge. Two plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1808', six '1809', two not marked. Plates spotted
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, copied in mezzotint by Richard Earlom from the Duke of Devonshire's copy of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60828
[Ref: 60827] £450.00 view all images for this item

Morning. From the Original Picture, painted by Claude le Lorrain; In the Collection of Paul Methuen Esq.r. Vol. II. No.36.
Claude le Lorrain Pinx.t. J. Gresse delin.t. James Peake Sculpsit.
Published by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, No.90, May 15.th 1769.
Engraving. 480 x 600mm (18¾ x 23½"). Trimmed to plate on three sides. Margins dusty.
A decorative landscape scene with musicians playing instruments in the foreground to the right, with shepherds and goats behind and in the centre. A running stream can be seen on the left, behind which is a building set within hills. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
[Ref: 51229] £380.00

The Musical Shepherdess. From the Original Picture, In the Collection of Welbore Ellis Agar Esq.r.
Claude le Lorraine Pinxit. Wilson Lowrie Sculpsit.
Published August 24.th 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 495 x 610mm (19½ x 24"), laid paper watermarked 'J Whatman 179-'. Narrow margins, repairs to edges.
A large image showing a woman playing a pipe while tending her sheep by a river with an Italianate town and bridge behind.
[Ref: 64066] £460.00

A View on the River Po in Italy. From the Original Picture by Claude le Lorrain In the Collection of the Right Honourable Lord Trevor [...]
Claude le Lorrain Pinx.t. James Mason Sculp.t.
Published Jan. 1.st 1769 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving, sheet 475 x 640mm (18¾ x 25¼"). Small margins on 3 sides. Trimmed inside platemark top edge; good impression.
River landscape with figures loading boats, while chairs and cases nearby show that a picnic or concert has taken place, or is about to. From John Boydell's huge and influential series of engravings made from 'The Most Capital Paintings in England'. The source painting is here attributed to Claude Lorraine, although that attribution has been doubted by Marcel Röthlisberger: 'the incoherent distribution of the still-life motifs in the foreground - which may be due to the figure painter - is foreign to Claude; among the genre motifs, some, like the lute and the barrels, are frequent in his early work, others, like the pots with flowers and the chairs, never appear in Claude. (..) The picture may be by Claude, around 1629/31; or one of the numerous fakes of the 1630's of which Baldinucci speaks (...); or from the circle of Tassi, i.e. earlier than the above-mentioned works by Claude. It is unlikely that in 1638 Claude would imitate so closely a work of a predecessor. Until more is known about the circle of Tassi and the beginnings of Claude, the problem seems insoluble.'
[Ref: 39679] £360.00

[Landscape with The Rape of Europa.] No. 6. [From the Original Drawing in the collection of R.P. Knight Esq.r.]
Claude fecit Rome 1670. Claude delin.t. R. Earlom sculp.t.
Pub Jan 20, 1802, by J and J Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Etching, rare proof before mezzotint. 365 x 360mm (10½ x 14") large margins. Slight creasing.
A scene near a harbour with contemporary ships. In the foreground Europe sits astride Zeus in the guise of a bull. From the 'Liber Veritatis', Book III.
[Ref: 44236] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Shepherd and goats by a stream] From an original Drawing by Claude Lorrain in the Collection of James Harris Esq.r
J. Tobin sc. 1772
Etching. 240 x 265mm (9½ x 10½"), with wide margins. Fold through centre.
Landscape after Claude Lorrain by the little-known etcher J. Tobin (1770s, fl.). As Joseph Strutt writes of him in his biographical dictionary of engravers: 'he was a native of England, and etched several small plates of landscapes from H. Grim. We have also some small tinted plates from him, from Both, Ostade, and other painters'. Probably from a volume of Tobin's etchings, and after a drawing by Claude in the collection of the philosopher and musical patron James Harris (1709-80).
[Ref: 40664] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[The Delivery of St. Peter out of Prison.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 51.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Aug.t 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
St Peter being delivered from Herod's prison by an angel. 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. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. 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.
[Ref: 21860] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

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