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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G5069
People
Etching by Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Mezzotint by William Say, British, English (Norfolk county, England 1768 - 1834 London, England)
After Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Title
Solitude
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Reading Magdalen
Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1814
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279718

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on off-white laid paper
Technique
Etching and mezzotint
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, upper margin,center: E.P.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left, center, and right: Drawn & Etched by I.M.W. Turner. / Published May 12, 1814. by I.M.W. Turner, Queen Ann Street West / Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester
  • inscription: lower left corner, graphite: 53

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/vii
Standard Reference Number
Finberg, Rawlinson 53

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G5069
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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