with the weight and subtle translucency that distinguish early hand finished examples from later reproductions
and this set clearly belonged to such a tradition
They stand as intriguing examples of how craftsmanship could transform an object of martial purpose into one of domestic elegance and conversation
In the 1830s
Text throughout is clean and legible
Claude Lorrain (1600–1682), After – Boydell Engraving, No. 126, 1776 with the weight and subtleClaude Lorrain (16001682), After Boydell Engraving, No. 126, 1776 Engraving after Claude Lorrain, inscribed Claude le Lorrain delin. From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire with plate number No. 126 and publication line: Published Jan. 1st, 1776, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside. This print belongs to Boydells ambitious Collection of Prints after the Most Capital Paintings in England(1770s), a project that cemented