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Mountainous landscape with bridge over a river, shepherd and goats, Liber Veritatis. Or a Collection of Two Hundred Prints, after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain, Prints after drawings by Claude Lorrain, print, Series number, 7, 200, printmaker: Richard Earlom, after drawing by Claude Lorrain, publisher: John Boydell, London, 1774-01-01, paper, mezzotint, etching, mezzotint and etching, printed in brown, height 209 mm x width 257 mm, From 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based on the drawing book Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain, in the possession of the Dukes of Cavendish. These prints were published in bundled two volumes starting in 1777., landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct, river, goat, mountains, cattle driving, cattle driver, A sepia-toned landscape drawing showing a wide sky with large, soft clouds above rolling hills and distant mountains, a steep cliff on the right topped by a large, leafy tree with cascading branches, smaller trees and shrubs on terraced slopes, a rocky foreground with grazing cattle and a few resting animals, a figure walking along a winding path across a shallow stream, a small arched stone bridge spanning the stream, and a square tower-like building set on a hill to the left.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Mountainous landscape bridge river shepherd goats Liber Veritatis Collection Two Hundred Prints original designs Claude le Lorrain Prints drawings Claude Lorrain print Series number 7 200 printmaker Richard Earlom drawing publisher John Boydell London 1774-01-01 paper mezzotint etching printed brown height 209 mm x width 257 mm 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based drawing book Liber Veritatis possession Dukes Cavendish prints bundled two volumes starting 1777 landscape viaduct aqueduct goat mountains cattle driving cattle driver sepia-toned landscape showing wide sky large soft clouds rolling hills distant mountains steep cliff right topped leafy tree cascading branches smaller trees shrubs terraced slopes rocky foreground grazing cattle resting animals figure walking winding path across shallow stream small arched stone bridge spanning stream square tower- building set hill left