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Object Type
Museum number: 1848,0708.171
Title: Object: Winchelsea, Sussex; Series: Liber Studiorum
Description: A road in the foreground under a steep tree-covered bank, descending sharply to the right, on which a soldier with a knapsack stands talking to a woman and child, with a boy beside her; above them is a round tower. 23 April 1812 Mezzotint and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Joseph Mallord William Turner; Print made by: J C Easling
School/style
Production date: 1812
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: mezzotint; etching
Dimensions: Height: 208 millimetres; Width: 286 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Turner's working title for this subject was "Soldiers", cf. G. Forrester, Exhibition Catalogue, "Turner's 'Drawing Book'. The Little Liber", Tate, London 1996, no.42.
Bibliographic references: Rawlinson 1906 / Turner's Liber Studiorum (42) (third state); Finberg 1924 / The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum with a new catalogue raisonné (42) (third state)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Winchelsea
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1848,0708.171

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