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ABC/123
Title
Liber Vertiatis, reproduced in autotype from selected etchings by Richard Earldom after the original drawings by Claude Lorrain. Marine subject.
Date(s)
- 1872 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Name of creator
(c1600-23 Nov 1682)
Biographical history
French painter, draughtsman and etcher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Lorrain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Lorrain
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Scope and content
A pictorial collection of etchings by Claude Lorrain Liber Vertitatis, Marine subjects. Subject included are: Sea port at sunset; Market on sea shore; Sea port at sunset, groups in foreground; Sailors loading vessels; Sea port at sunset, groups of figures; Sea port at sunset, men landing merchandize; Distant view of the sea , with town; Sea port at sunset, with buildings; Sea port, portico of temple; Ships of war at anchor; Sea port, Temple of the Sibyl in distance; City of Cumae, with Apollo and Sibyl; Sea port, buildings and figures; The embarcation of St. Ursula; The landing of Cleopatra; Trojan women burning the Grecian shipping; Sea port at sunset, armed figures in the foreground; The story of Europa; The embarcation of the Queen of Sheba; A breezy morning, with Claude sketching; The calling of Peter and Andrew; The embarcation of Carlo and Ubaldo; River scene, with landing of Aeneas; Carthage, Dido and Aeneas.
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Language of material
- English
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Good condition