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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Lake of Thun, Swiss,

Maker

  • Joseph Mallord William Turner
  • Charles Turner

Title

Lake of Thun, Swiss

Medium

mezzotint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • mezzotint

Techniques

  • etching,
  • mezzotint

Supports

  • Medium weight white laid paper

Dimensions

20.8 x 29 cm (8 3/16 x 11 7/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:inscribed pencil in LL corner:F.15 I ; inscribed in LL: (ex Turner sale, 1873); inscribed in LR:1153 (crossed out)/B.7812In Plate--Inscribed in UC:M; inscribed in LL:Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner Esq.r R.A. P.P./Proof; titled in LC:LAKE OF THUN, SWISS./London Published June 10. 1808 by C. Turner No. 50 Warren Street Fitzoy Square. ; inscribed in LR:Engraved by C. Turner; inscribed in UC above M: Proof

Identification

State

i/iii

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Edgar J. Lownes Fund

Object Number

66.019

Lake of Thun, Swiss

Original--Recto:inscribed pencil in LL corner:F.15 I ; inscribed in LL: (ex Turner sale, 1873); inscribed in LR:1153 (crossed out)/B.7812In Plate--Inscribed in UC:M; inscribed in LL:Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner Esq.r R.A. P.P./Proof; titled in LC:LAKE OF THUN, SWISS./London Published June 10. 1808 by C. Turner No. 50 Warren Street Fitzoy Square. ; inscribed in LR:Engraved by C. Turner; inscribed in UC above M: Proof

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