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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21184
People
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
print
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
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
  • 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.
  • (not assigned): verso, various graphite inscriptions:


















    £ 11 / ah/5/5/0 /1430 [underlined]





  • 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
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