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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sloway Moss

Maker

Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851), designer
Thomas Goff Lupton (British, 1791-1873), engraver (printmaker)

Title

Sloway Moss
Liber Studiorum

Year

1816

Medium

  • etching,
  • mezzotint

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching,
  • mezzotint

Materials

mezzotint

Supports

  • Medium weight off-white laid paper

Dimensions

21 x 29 cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:inscribed in pencil in UL:No 52; inscribed in UR:1st Verso:inscribed in pencil in UL:52/1 1/12; inscribed in LR:11 1/2b + 8 1/16In Plate--inscribed in LL:Drawn & Etched by J.M.W.Turner R.A.; titled in LC:SOLWAY MOSS./Published Jan.y 1 1816 by M.r Turner, Queen Ann Street West; inscribed in LR:ENgraved by Tho.s Lupton; inscribed in UC:P

Marks: J.M.W. Turner collector's mark embossed in LR of recto:JMWT (Lugt 1498)

Identification

State

i/iv

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.1164

Type

  • Prints

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851), designer
Thomas Goff Lupton (British, 1791-1873), engraver (printmaker)
Sloway Moss; Liber Studiorum, 1816
etching; mezzotint
21 x 29 cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/16 inches) (plate)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.1164

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