Caption:
Vulcan's Forge, Print made by Richard Earlom, 17431822, British, after Claude Lorrain, 16001682, French, Published by John Boydell, 17201804, British, Published by Josiah Boydell, 17521817, British, 1802, Mezzotint and etching, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 10 15/16 x 16 5/8 inches (27.8 x 42.2 cm), Plate: 6 7/16 x 8 11/16 inches (16.4 x 22 cm), and Image: 5 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches (14.3 x 20 cm), anvil (tool), arches, blacksmiths, cave, chiton, columns (architectural elements), cyclopes, forge, forging (metal forming), gesture, gods, hammers (tools), helmet, labor, men, mythology, pickup tongs, pillars, pointing, religious and mythological subject, smithy, spear, staff (walking stick), the Cyclopes forging, throne, toga, tools, tunic, Vulcan in his smithy, weapons, wings, workers, working