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Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Engraved by William Say, 1768–1834
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Title:
Tenth Plague of Egypt
Part Of:

Collective Title: Liber Studiorum

Date:
1816
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.2 × 43.2 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm), Image: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "61. I"; lower right: "DVC XII"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "61.1."; lower center: "Cotswold Gallery, 1924, ex. G.E.Blood"

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

Lettered above imgage: "H"; below image: "Drawn & Etched by I.M.W.Turner Esq.R.A. | Engraved by W.Say Engraver to H R H the Duke of Gloucester | TENTH PLAGUE OF EGYPT | Published Jan 1. 1816 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:
B1977.14.8178
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
branches | cityscape | death | mourning | Old Testament | people | plague | religious and mythological subject | sons | stairs | the ten plagues (Exodus 7:14 - 11:10, 12:21-30) | towers | walls
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30580
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