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Creator:
Etched by Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Engraved by John Pye, 1782–1874
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
after sketch by James Hakewill, 1778–1843
Title:
Lake of Nemi
Part Of:

Collective Title: A Picturesque Tour of Italy

Date:
1819
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving and etching (Second State) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 inches (27 × 38.1 cm), Plate: 9 × 11 3/4 inches (22.9 × 29.8 cm), Image: 5 5/8 × 8 5/8 inches (14.3 × 21.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R.155"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "Hakewill's Italy"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "1819"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "[(Rowmouth] May 43)"

Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.M.W.Turner, R.A. from a finish'd sketch by J.Hakewill."; lettered, lower center: "Lake of Nemi. | Publish'd as the act directs, Dec.1,1819, by John Murray, Albemarle Str. London."; lettered, lower right: "Engrav'd by Middiman and Pye"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.13270
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
church | hill | lake | landscape (representation) | palace
Associated Places:
Albani, Colli | Church of Santa Maria della Cima | Europe | Genzano di Roma | Italy | Lazio | Nemi, Lago di | Palazzo Sforza Caeserini
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:36953
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Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 20, 33, no. 25, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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