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Landscape with ruins, tower, stone bridge and shepherds making music, Prints after drawings by Claude Lorrain, Liber Veritatis. Or a Collection of Two Hundred Prints, after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain, print, Series number, 104, 200, printmaker: Richard Earlom, after drawing by Claude Lorrain, publisher: John Boydell, London, 1775-09-01, paper, mezzotint, etching, mezzotint and etching, printed in brown, height 208 mm x width 258 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., cattle, landscape with ruins - II - ideal landscapes, making music, musician with instrument - CC - out of doors, river - HH - ideal landscapes, landscape with tower or castle - II - ideal landscapes, A sepia-toned landscape drawing showing large, leafy trees with textured trunks and foliage framing a wide open plain, scattered small buildings and ruins, a rounded tower partially visible behind trees on the left, a distant body of water or river with small bridges and arches, grazing cattle and other livestock in the fields, a group of figures in the foreground wearing draped garments gathered near rocks and vegetation, gently rolling hills and distant structures on the horizon, and birds drawn in the sky among lightly sketched clouds.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B34_469

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Keywords

Landscape ruins tower stone bridge shepherds music Prints drawings Claude Lorrain Liber Veritatis Collection Two Hundred Prints original designs Claude le Lorrain print Series number 104 200 printmaker Richard Earlom drawing publisher John Boydell London 1775-09-01 paper mezzotint etching printed brown height 208 mm x width 258 mm 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based drawing book Liber Veritatis possession Dukes Cavendish prints two volumes 1777 onwards cattle landscape ruins - II - ideal landscapes musician instrument - CC - doors river - HH - ideal landscapes castle - II - ideal landscapes sepia-toned landscape showing large leafy trees textured trunks foliage framing wide open plain scattered small buildings rounded tower partially visible trees left distant body water river small bridges arches grazing cattle livestock fields group figures foreground wearing draped garments gathered near rocks vegetation gently rolling hills distant structures horizon birds drawn sky lightly sketched clouds