M10476: Basle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M10476

People

Charles Turner, British (Woodstock, England 1774 - 1857 London)
After Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)

Title

Basle

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1807

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/262154

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and mezzotint on off-white wove paper

Technique

Etching and mezzotint

Dimensions

sheet: 29 × 43.2 cm (11 7/16 × 17 in.)
plate: 20.9 × 28.4 cm (8 1/4 × 11 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• incipit: lower center, in plate: BASLE / Published as the Act directs by J.M.W. Turner, Harley, Street.
• inscription: lower right, in plate: Engraved by C. Turner
• inscription: lower left, in plate: Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner R.A.
• inscription: above image, in plate: A
• inscription: top left, graphite: No. 5
• inscription: top right, graphite: 1st [underscored twice]
• inscription: verso, bottom left, graphite: 8 2/4 / 11 3/4
• inscription: verso, bottom center, graphite: 72058

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/vi

Standard Reference Number

R. 5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

M10476

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Romantic Prints: David to Courbet, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/1980 - 04/30/1980
• 32Q: 2200 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/08/2018 - 03/19/2019

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