M21184: Lake of Thun
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M21184
- People
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Charles Turner, British (Woodstock, England 1774 - 1857 London)
After Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
- Title
- Lake of Thun
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1808
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/262705
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on heavy off-white wove paper
- Technique
- Etching and mezzotint
- Dimensions
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plate: 21 x 29 cm, (8 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.,)
sheet: 29.5 x 44.2 cm (11 5/8 x 17 3/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: Etched at upper and lower margins of the plate: M // Drawn & Etched by J. M. W. Turner Esqr. R. A. P. P. // LAKE OF THUN, SWISS. / London Published by C. Turner No. 50 Warren Street Fitzroy Square. // Engraved by C. Turner.
- inscription: lower sheet margin to left, graphite, hand of Charles Eliot Norton: First State / Superb impression.
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(not assigned): verso, various graphite inscriptions:
£ 11 / ah/5/5/0 /1430 [underlined]
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collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite:
THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY
/ 21184 [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
- i/iii
- Standard Reference Number
- Rowlinson 15
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Susan Norton
- Accession Year
- 1990
- Object Number
- M21184
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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