Coast Scene (after Claude Lorrain)
Richard Earlom (London 1743 - London 1822)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1774
Materials
ink, paint & paper
Measurements
190 x 260 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286473.1
Summary
Aquatint, sepia, Coast Scene (after Claude Lorrain) by Richard Earlom (London 1743 – London 1822). One of two sepia coloured aquatints by R. Earlom after Claude Lorrain published in 1774 by J. Boydell. The original drawing belonged to the Duke of Devonshire. In the foreground a young couple drive a cow, donkey and goat along a road between ruined classical buildings. In the background are more figures and buildings. Cut to plate mark. b) a similar print with an estuary and a classical portico to the left. In the centre figures are conversing and others load a boat behind. Ships are moored along the opposite bank. Cut to edges.
Makers and roles
Richard Earlom (London 1743 - London 1822), engraver (printmaker) Claude Lorrain (Champagne 1600 – Rome 1682), artist John Boydell I (Dorrington 1719 – Cheapside, London 1804), engraver and publisher