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Landscape with Jacob's journey to Canaan, 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, 189, 200, printmaker: Richard Earlom, after drawing by Claude Lorrain, publisher: John Boydell, London, 1777-03-01, Richard Earlom, Claude Lorrain, John Boydell, printmaker, after drawing by, publisher, paper, mezzotint, etching, mezzotint and etching, printed in brown, height 206 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 two volumes from 1777 onwards, cattle driving, cattle driver, crossing a river, Jacob on the way to Canaan with his family, his flocks, camels and all his possessions, river - HH - ideal landscapes, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions - II - ideal landscapes, A sepia-toned landscape drawing showing a river or pond in the foreground with reflections, a figure walking near the water accompanied by a dog, and grazing cattle spread across a grassy area; a cluster of large, detailed trees rises toward the center with textured foliage and visible trunks, flanked by additional trees and shrubs on the right; on the left a multi-story building with a tower sits amid trees and low walls, and a small boat with a seated figure is on the water nearby; a distant horizon with low hills and tiny human figures walking or standing appears in the midground, and small birds are drawn in the sky above scattered clouds.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Keywords

Landscape Jacob's journey Canaan Liber Veritatis Collection Two Hundred Prints original designs Claude le Lorrain Prints drawings Claude Lorrain print Series number 189 200 printmaker Richard Earlom drawing publisher John Boydell London 1777-03-01 paper mezzotint etching printed brown height 206 mm x width 257 mm 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based drawing book Liber Veritatis possession Dukes Cavendish prints two volumes 1777 onwards cattle driving cattle driver crossing river Jacob way family flocks camels possessions river - HH - ideal landscapes city-view landscape man- constructions - II - ideal landscapes sepia-toned landscape showing pond foreground reflections figure walking near water accompanied dog grazing cattle spread across grassy area cluster large detailed trees rises center textured foliage visible trunks flanked additional trees shrubs right left multi-story building tower sits trees low walls small boat seated figure water nearby distant horizon low hills tiny human figures walking standing midground small birds drawn sky scattered clouds