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Object Type
print
Museum number
1923,0714.92-96
Title
Object:
Water Chess Gatherers, Rail's Head, Ferry Bridge, Twickenham
Object:
The Alcove, Isleworth
Object:
Ben Arthur, Scotland
Object:
Inverary Castle and Town, Scotland
Object:
Aesacus and Hesperié
Series:
Liber Studiorum
Description
Folder of five prints from Joseph Mallord William Turner's 'Liber Studiorum'; third state of the 'Water Chess Gatherers, Rail's Head, Ferry Bridge, Twickenham' by Thomas Lupton; third state of 'The Alcove, Isleworth' by Henry Dawe; third state of 'Ben Arthur, Scotland' by Thomas Lupton; third state of 'Inverary Castle and Town, Scotland' by Charles Turner; fifth state of 'Aesacus and Hesperié'. 1816-1819 Mezzotint and etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Print made by:
Thomas Lupton
Print made by:
Henry Dawe
Print made by:
Charles Turner
School/style
British
Production date
1816-1819
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
etching
Dimensions
Height:
208 millimetres
(platemark, approx.)
Width:
290 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Titles taken from catalogue when not lettered on print In folder, collected in cloth box of whole series.
Bibliographic references
Finberg 1924 / The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum with a new catalogue raisonné
(62-63, 69, 65-66)
Rawlinson 1906 / Turner's Liber Studiorum
(62-63, 69, 65-66)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
Sir George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argylle
Representation of:
Aesacus
Representation of:
Hesperia
Associated with:
Ovid
Associated places
Associated with:
Twickenham
Topographic representation of:
Isleworth
Topographic representation of:
River Thames
Topographic representation of:
Inveraray
Topographic representation of:
Loch Fyne
Topographic representation of:
Ben Arthur
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Arthur Acland Allen
Donated through:
Art Fund
(as NACF)
Acquisition date
1923
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1923,0714.92-96