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Landscape with lake and two shepherds with cattle, 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, 18, 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 208 mm x width 259 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 two volumes from 1777 onwards., pastorals, Arcadian scenes, lake, cattle, cattle driving, cattle driver, A sepia-toned pastoral scene showing a watery foreground with grazing cattle and two standing human figures near the water's edge, one pointing while holding a staff and the other standing beside them, surrounded by trees of varying heights and dense rounded foliage, with distant rolling hills and layered cloud formations filling the sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B34_409

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Landscape lake two shepherds cattle Liber Veritatis Collection Two Hundred Prints original designs Claude le Lorrain Prints drawings Claude Lorrain print Series number 18 200 printmaker Richard Earlom drawing publisher John Boydell London 1774-01-01 paper mezzotint etching printed brown height 208 mm x width 259 mm 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based drawing book Liber Veritatis possession Dukes Cavendish prints two volumes 1777 onwards pastorals Arcadian scenes cattle driving cattle driver sepia-toned pastoral scene showing watery foreground grazing cattle two standing human figures near water's edge pointing holding staff standing beside them surrounded trees varying heights dense rounded foliage distant rolling hills layered cloud formations filling sky