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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1849,0512.608
Title
Object:
The Tenth Plague of Egypt
Series:
Liber Studiorum
Description
Buildings and towers on the right and a temple high up on the far left with trees below; in the foreground women in various postures, one stooping over a dead child; lightning overhead; touched proof. 1 January 1816 Mezzotint and etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Print made by:
William Say
School/style
British
Production date
1816
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
etching
Dimensions
Height:
207 millimetres
Width:
288 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Unlike Finberg, Rawlinson does not describe this proof as being touched.
Bibliographic references
Rawlinson 1906 / Turner's Liber Studiorum
(61)
(engraver's proof (a))
Finberg 1924 / The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum with a new catalogue raisonné
(61)
(engraver's proof (a))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
old testament
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Beckford
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Say
(L.2651)
Acquisition date
1849
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1849,0512.608