Etched and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, The Source of the Arveron in the Valley of Chamouni, Savoy, 1816
- Title:
- The Source of the Arveron in the Valley of Chamouni, Savoy
- Date:
- 1816
- Medium:
- Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's proof (c) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 1/4 inches (29.2 × 43.8 cm), Plate: 8 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (21.6 × 29.2 cm), and Image: 7 3/8 × 10 5/8 inches (18.7 × 27 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "60. E.P.(c). Before lights on glacier immediately above fir trees in left corner, &c."; lower right: "T. Rich? B."; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "60. I."; lower center: "Cotswold Gallery, 1924, ex. G.E.Blood"
Blind embossed: "G.E. Blood" (Lugt 265c)
Lettered above image: "M"; below image: "Drawn & Egraved by I.M.W.Turner: R.A. | THE SOURCE of the AVERON in the VALLEY of CHAMOUNI SAVOY. | Published Jany. 1, 1816, by Mr.Turner, Queen Ann Street West"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8176
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30575
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