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Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, From Spenser's Fairy Queen, 1811

Creator:

Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts, active 1801–1846
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Title:

From Spenser's Fairy Queen

Part Of:

Collective Title: Liber Studiorum

Date:

1811

Materials & Techniques:

Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Second published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 × 15 5/8 inches (27.9 × 39.7 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm), Image: 7 1/8 × 10 3/8 inches (18.1 × 26.4 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "36 I."; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "10"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "36 I."; lower center: "Cotswold Gallery, 1924, ex. G.E.Blood"; in pen and brown ink, lower left: "P.H."

Collector’s mark: G. E. Blood (Lugt 265c)

Lettered above image: "H"; below image: "Drawn & Etched by I.M.W. Turner Esqr. R.A. | Engraved by T.Hodgetts | FROM SPENSER'S FAIRY QUEEN | Published June 1811, by I.M.W.Turner, Queen Ann Street West"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.8146

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Access:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26260

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