Harvard Art Museums > M21182: Ben Arthur Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ben Arthur (Joseph Mallord William Turner) , M21182,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jan 02, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/312074. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M21182 People Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England) Title Ben Arthur Other Titles Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1819 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/312074 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on cream wove paper Technique Etching and mezzotint Dimensions image: 18.4 × 26.6 cm (7 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.) sheet: 19.8 × 26.8 cm (7 13/16 × 10 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: engraved in lower plate margin, left, center, and right: Drawn & Etched by I.M.W. Truner Esq. R.A. P.P. // BEN ARHTUR. SCOTLAND. / London . Publ. Jan.1. 1819. by. I.M.W. Turner. Queen Anne Str. West. // Engraved by T.Lutton. inscription: on secondary support, graphite, probablu in hand of Charles Eliot Norton: FirstState. Very rare, / and very fine impression. / From Ruskin's collection, inscribed[?] by him, + with his autograph numner, inscription: brown ink, lower right corner of secondary support, probably in John Ruskin's hand: 105 collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: C E N [within a rectangular borderline] [Charles Eliot Norton, not in Lugt] collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 21182 [Lugt 936] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Susan Norton, inherited from father, 1920, death, 1989. all prints bequeathed to HUAM Richard Norton, inherited from father, 1908, death, 1920. death date from memory; check Charles Eliot Norton, (not in Lugt), death, 1908. collector's stamp, blue: CEN in a rectangle probably his inscription on mount, though apparently rewritten: First State. Very rare, and very fine impression. From Ruskin's collection, mounted by him, & with his autograph number. John Ruskin. annotated on bottom of print in pencil: From Ruskin's collection, mounted by him, & with his autograph number. The number is at the lower right corner, in dark brown ink: 105. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/iii Standard Reference Number Rawlinson .69 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Susan Norton Accession Year 1990 Object Number M21182 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
