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Description: | IH, unbound volume inscr. bl. "C. Lorraine pinx:" and "{4 feet 5 in: wide / 3 feet 3 3/4 in: high}"; inscr. br. "T. Major sculp" and "{Publish'd accordg. to Act / of Parlt. June 1st.1752}" and "1."; inscr. bc. "To the Honourable Colonel Yorke his Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at the Hague &c. / This Print engrav'd from an Original Picture of Claude Lorraine is humbly Dedicated by his most Obliged and Obedient Servt: Thos. Major / London Sold by the Author Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at the Golden Head in West Street the upper end of St. Martins Lane." CRE MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) AFTER LORRAIN, Claude; (French; 1604-1682) PUB MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this volume contains 44 prints after paintings primarily by Dutch and Flemish 17th century masters. The majority of the prints were etched by English engraver Thomas Major between 1744 and 1754. During this time Major studied in Paris under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-83), tutor to many of the century's best engravers, and on his return to England developed a reputation as one of the best engravers of his day. Hunter commissioned Major to engrave an anatomical drawing for him.
This is one of two prints after paintings by Claude Lorrain in the volume (see Glaha 16944). From the 1730s on there had been a keen revival of interest in Claude's classical landscapes in Britain, coinciding with the rise of the Grand Tour. Along with those after the Italian landscape painter Gaspard Dughet, prints after Claude were the most desirable Italian landscape prints for British collectors. Major also included two prints after Dughet in the volume (Glaha 16951, 16952).
The original painting was in Major's possession. He sold it in 1751 and did not publish the engraving until the following year, dedicating it to Joseph Yorke (1724-92). The Yorke family were well known and influential patrons of the arts. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MARITIME : BOAT : SAIL : WORK : SHIP : HARBOUR : PORT : HUNTER VOLUME : REPRODUCTIVE : PAINTING : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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