Framed Hand-Colored Landscape Engraving, Claude Lorrain style

This is a framed, hand-colored engraving featuring a classical landscape scene in the style of 17th-century artist Claude Lorrain. The composition shows large, leafy trees on the left overlooking a river or lake with figures resting on a rocky shore in the foreground. The background features distant hills and a soft, luminous sky with horizontal clouds. The print is housed in a high-quality, professional framing arrangement consisting of a gold-toned wooden frame and multi-layered matting, including a cream-colored top mat and two inner bevel-cut mats in gold and pinkish-brown hues. Below the image, visible text indicates the print title and provenance, stating it is based on an ‘Original Picture in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire.’ This suggests the print likely originates from ‘Liber Veritatis’ (Book of Truth) or a similar 18th to 19th-century series of engravings reproduced by artists like Richard Earlom. The condition appears stable within the frame; however, there is noticeable foxing (brown organic spots) on the outer matting and evidence of toning or yellowing on the paper of the print itself, common for antique works on paper. The frame shows some minor surface wear but remains structurally sound. The overall craftsmanship of the printing and subsequent hand-tinting provides a delicate, atmospheric quality characteristic of Neoclassical printmaking.