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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

Technique
Etching and mezzotint
Dimensions
18.4 x 26.6 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)

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
R.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
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