M21177: Source of the Arveron

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M21177

People

Henry Edward Dawe, British (1790 - 1848)
After Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)

Title

Source of the Arveron

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1816

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/261515

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on off-white wove paper

Technique

Etching and mezzotint

Dimensions

plate: 21.5 × 29.1 cm (8 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
sheet: 26 × 38.4 cm (10 1/4 × 15 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Inscription engraved in top margin, centered, and bottom margin, centered : M // Drawn & Engraved by I.M.W. Turner R.A./ THE SOURCE of the ARVERNON in the VALLEY of CHAMOUNI SAVOY. / Published Janr. 1. 1816, by Mr. Turner Queen Ann Street West.
• inscription: along bottom edge of sheet, graphite, in hand of Charels Eliot Norton: Third State, Very fines. / Distinctly preferable to the 1st " From Ruskin with his autograph mark. C.E.N.
• inscription: lower right corner of sheet, brown ink: 113

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

iii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Rawlinson 60

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Susan Norton

Accession Year

1990

Object Number

M21177

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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