Cargo ships on the banks of a river. Engraving by J. Mason, 1769.

Date:
Jan. 1st 1769
Reference:
2924456i
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About this work

Description

Identified in the lettering as the river Po

Publication/Creation

London (in Cheapside) : J. Boydell, engraver, Jan. 1st 1769.

Physical description

1 print : engraving and etching ; image 41.9 x 57.8 cm

Lettering

A view on the river Po in Italy. Claude le Lorrain pinxit. James Mason sculp.t ; From the original picture by Claude le Lorrain, in the collection of the Right Honourable Lord Trevor; to whom this plate is dedicated, by his Lordship's most obliged & most obedient servant, John Boydell. Size of the picture 3f 1i by 4f 8i in length. Bears number: No. 48

Creator/production credits

A compositon not recorded in the catalogue of Claude's paintings by Cecchi, op. cit., and not necessarily by Claude, though evidently believed to be by him when in the collection of Robert Trevor, 4th Baron Trevor (from 1764), subsequently (from 1776) 1st Viscount Hampden

References note

Doretta Cecchi, L'opera completa di Claude Lorrain, Milan: Rizzoli, 1975 (this composition not found)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2924456i

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