Original sepia mezzotint engraved by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) after a drawing by the noted artist Claude le Lorrain. Published in London circa 1817 by John Boydell. Earlom undoubtedly attained his prominent position in the art world from his fine copperplate engravings of two hundred plates after the drawings begun in 1636 for Liber Veritatis by Claude le Lorrain (1600-1682).

Claude de Lorrain's family name was Gellee. He adopted the name from the region of Lorrain where he was born in France (1600-1682). Most of his life was spent in Italy, where he was a pupil of Italian artist and engraver, Giovanni Battista Cipriani.

Image size is 200 x 265mm (7.7/8 x 10.1/2 inches).