Richard Earlom and Claude Lorrain Claude Gellee

Liber Veritas #127

Richard Earlom's 18th century engraving, Liber Veritas #127 represents a fine example of the influential art by this British artist and of the Liber Veritas set. This original etching and mezzotint is based upon a drawing by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee) in the King's Collection. It is printed upon early wove paper and with large, full margins as published by John Boydell in London in 1776.

Original Etching & Mezzotint by the British artist, Richard Earlom designed by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee).

Liber Veritas #127

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Richard Earlom (London, 1743 - 1822)
#	Image	Title & Engraver	Medium	Date	Publisher	-
01-		Liber Veritas #110 by Richard Earlom designed by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)	Original Etching & Mezzotint	1775	Liber Veritas	Sold
02.-		Liber Veritas #127 by Richard Earlom designed by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)	Original Etching & Mezzotint	1776	Liber Veritas	Sold
03.-		Liber Veritas #130 by Richard Earlom designed by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)	Original Etching & Mezzotint	1776	Liber Veritas	Sold
04.-		Orpheus by Richard Earlom designed by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione	Original Mezzotint Engraving	1781	The Houghton Gallery	Sold
05.-		Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve by Richard Earlom designed by Richard Westall	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression'	1794	The Poetical Works of John Milton	Sold
06.-		Paradise Lost: Eve in the Garden of Eden by Richard Earlom designed by Richard Westall	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression'	1795	The Poetical Works of John Milton	Sold
07.-		The Exposition of Cyrus by Richard Earlom designed by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione	Original Mezzotint Engraving	1781	The Houghton Gallery	Sold

View other original works of art designed by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)
#	Title	Engraver	Medium	Date	Publisher	-
01.-	Claude Lorrain's (Grand Study of Trees) by Frederick Christian Lewis	Frederick Christian Lewis (London, 1779 - 1856)	Original Aquatint and Etching	c. 1810	John Chamberlaine, London
02.-	Claude Lorrain's (Forest Scene) by Peltro William Tomkins (P. W. Tomkins)	Peltro William Tomkins (London, 1760 - 1840)	Original Etching & Aquatint	1807	John Chamberlaine, London
03.-	Claude Lorrain's (Landscape with a River View) by Peltro William Tomkins (P. W. Tomkins)	Peltro William Tomkins (London, 1760 - 1840)	Original Etching & Aquatint	1807	John Chamberlaine, London
04.-	Claude Lorrain's 'Pharaoh' (Moses and the Israelites) by Frederick Christian Lewis	Frederick Christian Lewis (London, 1779 - 1856)	Etching & Aquatint with Original Hand Coloring	1809	John Chamberlaine, London
05.-	Claude Lorrain's (Polyphemus (A One-Eyed Giant 'A Cyclops') by George Robert Lewis and Frederick Christian Lewis	Lewis, George Robert (London, 1782 - 1871) and Frederick Christian Lewis (London, 1779 - 1856)	Etching & Aquatint with Original Hand Coloring	c. 1810	John Chamberlaine, London
06.-	Claude Lorrain's (Temple of Apollo) by Frederick Christian Lewis	Frederick Christian Lewis (London, 1779 - 1856)	Etching with Original Hand Coloring	c. 1810	John Chamberlaine, London	Sold
07.-	Claude Lorrain's (The Landing of Aeneas) by Frederick Christian Lewis	Frederick Christian Lewis (London, 1779 - 1856)	Original Etching and Aquatint	c. 1810	John Chamberlaine, London
08.-	Claude Lorrain's (Liber Veritas #110) by Richard Earlom	Richard Earlom (London, 1743 - 1822)	Original Etching & Mezzotint	1775	John Boydell, London	Sold
09.-	Claude Lorrain's (Liber Veritas #127) by Richard Earlom	Richard Earlom (London, 1743 - 1822)	Original Etching & Mezzotint	1776	John Boydell, London	Sold
10.-	Claude Lorrain's (Liber Veritas #130) by Richard Earlom	Richard Earlom (London, 1743 - 1822)	Original Etching & Mezzotint	1776	John Boydell, London	Sold

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Title:	Liber Veritas #127
Engraver:	Earlom, Richard (London, 1743 - 1822)
Designer:	Gellee, Claude 'Claude Lorrain' (Champagne (Lorrain), c. 1604 - Rome, 1682)
Date:	1776
Medium:	Original Etching & Mezzotint
Publisher:	John Boydell, London
Source:	Liber Veritas
Note:	Richard Earlom: One of the greatest eighteenth century mezzotint and stipple engravers, Richard Earlom was apprenticed to the London based engraver, Cipriani, in his youth. He began work for John Boydell in 1774, taking five years to create the two hundred plates which comprise the Liber Veritas set. These engravings were completed and published in 1779 and showed the world the remarkable effects a combination of mezzotint and etching could produce on landscape art and gained for both Earlom and Boydell a long lasting fame. In fact, in the following century, these Richard Earlom mezzotints directly influenced the landscape art of Turner.
	During the following decades, Richard Earlom engraved outstanding works both after the designs of his contemporaries and after the old masters. Boydell continued to commission his talents for some of the most famous plates in both The Houghton Gallery and the Shakespeare Gallery. As one can easily see in this original engraving he was without equal in capturing the rich tonal qualities of the demanding mezzotint medium. Today, Richard Earlom is most appreciated for his technical virtuosity and mastery, and his most famous engravings consistently fetch over two thousand Pounds at auction.
	Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee): Undoubtedly Claude Gellee, also known as Claude Lorrain ranks as one of the greatest masters of landscape art. He moved to Rome at about the age of twelve and first trained as a pastry-cook in the household of the artist, Agostino Tassi. Claude then became his studio assistant and completed his studies in Naples, under Gottfried Wals.
	Claude's early paintings and drawings reflect the dominant Mannerist style of mid seventeenth century Italian art. Beginning around 1640, however, he began to develop his now famous style were the pastoral serenity and the antique grandeur of the Roman countryside is paramount. Nowhere was his influence more deeply felt than in England where such great artists as Wilson and J. M. W. Turner modeled much of their art upon his work.
	John Boydell was clearly one of England's most remarkable 18th century people. Born to a poor family, he began his career as an at best mediocre engraver of book plates. At this time England was at a very low ebb as a serious centre for the creative arts (particularly engraving) and Boydell sought to eradicate this problem by beginning a second career as a print publisher. Modest experiments in the 1760's led to a rapid expansion and the mid 1770's saw the publication of his Liber Veritas, with mezzotint engravings by Richard Earlom after the drawings of Claude in the King's Collection. This expensive undertaking put England back on the printmaking map and was a huge financial success for Boydell.
	During the following ten years, Boydell was responsible for other great series, such as the large mezzotints for The Houghton Gallery. He had now established England as a major capital for the arts and this once poor and struggling artist was acknowledged for his efforts by being elected no less than Lord Mayor of London in 1791. The same year marked the ill fated beginning of Boydell's most ambitious and final undertaking. His new publishing house, "Shakspeare Gallery", commissioned the most famous painters and engravers in Britain to create and design large stipple engravings based on the plays of William Shakespeare. This monumental experiment continued until Boydell's death thirteen years later. By that time the "Shakspeare Gallery" had published 170 large engravings. Alas, the expenses for this vast undertaking had been so large that England's foremost publisher of art ended his life the way it began and died a pauper.
Size:	8 1/8 X 10 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon early wove paper and with large, full margins as published by Boydell in London. Containing very faint matte toning, else a rich, luminous impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original 18th century engraving represents a prime example of the influential art of Richard Earlom and of the Liber Veritas set.
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Richard Earlom & Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)

Liber Veritas #127