print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1889,0724.280
Description: Greenwich Hospital; view of the hospital seen across the Thames, with many boats on the river, man standing on steps in the left foreground and seen from behind, telescope beside; after JMW Turner (Wilton 1181); vignette to poem 'The Pleasures of Memory' in 'Poems' by Samuel Rogers (London: 1834, Cadell and Moxon, p.33); first published state. 1833 Etching and engraving, printed on chine collé
Producer name: After: Joseph Mallord William Turner; Print made by: Edward Goodall; Printed by: Gad & Co
School/style
Production date: 1833
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 293 millimetres; Width: 150 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See 1856,0510.1221 for a bound volume and comment.
Bibliographic references: Rawlinson 1913 / The engraved work of J M W Turner (377) (first published state); Andres 2002 / Steel-engraved views of towns and cities - first complete bibliography (1039) (cf.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Greenwich; Topographic representation of: River Thames
Associated titles: Associated Title: Poems (1834); Associated Title: The Pleasures of Memory
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1889
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1889,0724.280

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