The Coliseum and Other Ruins

Richard Earlom1774

Details

Title: The Coliseum and Other Ruins
Creator: Richard Earlom after Claude Lorrain
Date Created: 1774
Subject Keywords: Classical, Italy, Rome, ruins
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “R. Earlom Fecit” with all inscriptions
Set or Series Title: Liber Veritatis
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Materials & Techniques: Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on laid paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Inscription in pencil, verso, states that the print is the "first proof of state"; published September 1, 1774 by John Boydell, Cheapside; Claude''s "Liber Veritatis," including 200 plates, was published in 2 volumes in 1779.
Dimensions: 1822
Bibliography: not in Smith
Associated People: Created by Richard Earlom (British (English), 1743-1822), After Claude Lorrain (French, 1604-1682)
Accession Number: 1988.10.1

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