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John Linnell the Elder

Ruins of a Church,

Maker

  • John Linnell the Elder
  • John Constable

Title

Ruins of a Church

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Techniques

  • etching

Supports

  • Very light cream tissue paper mounted on medium weight cream wove paper (chine collĂ©)

Dimensions

14 x 14 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:numbered in pencil:C35816In Plate--inscribed in LL:J. ConstableDel.' signed and dated in LR:J.Linnell fecit 1818; inscribed in LC:London Published by J. Linnell___March 1st 1818

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND all inscribed in a circle.Sir Francis Seymour Haden collector's mark stamped in brown ink on recto:F.S.H.(Lugt 1049)

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

71.136

Ruins of a Church

Original--Recto:numbered in pencil:C35816In Plate--inscribed in LL:J. ConstableDel.' signed and dated in LR:J.Linnell fecit 1818; inscribed in LC:London Published by J. Linnell___March 1st 1818

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND all inscribed in a circle.Sir Francis Seymour Haden collector's mark stamped in brown ink on recto:F.S.H.(Lugt 1049)

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