M21179: Dumbarton Rock

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M21179

People

Thomas Goff Lupton, British (1791 - 1873)
After Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)

Title

Dumbarton Rock

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

19th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/261186

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on cream wove paper

Technique

Etching and mezzotint

Dimensions

plate: 22 × 28.5 cm (8 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
sheet: 29.4 × 42.9 cm (11 9/16 × 16 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in sheet margin at lower left, graphite, in Charles Eloit Norton's hand: Engraver's proof / Excessively rare. / See inside the mount
• inscription: at lower right corner of sheet, graphite: rare. unpublished £ 8. 8. 0
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite:
  THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 21179 [Lugt 936]
  

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Charles Eliot Norton, by descent; to Richard Norton, his son, by descent; to Susan Norton, his daughter, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1990

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

proof e

Standard Reference Number

Rawlinson 75

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Susan Norton

Accession Year

1990

Object Number

M21179

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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