Calm | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G5060
People: Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Title: Calm
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1812
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/279640

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Softground etching, aquatint, and mezzotint printed in brown ink on off-white wove paper

Technique

Softground etching, mezzotint, and aquatint

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate,upper margin, center: M
inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and center: Drawn Etched & Engraved by I.M.W. Turner // CALM / Picture in the possession of J.M.W. Turner. 1 Ft 2. by 2 Ft. 3. / Published April 23, 1812, by I.M.W. Turner Queen Ann Street West
inscription: lower left corner, graphite: 44

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/iv
Standard Reference Number: Finberg, Rawlinson 44

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number: G5060
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Romantic Prints: David to Courbet, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/1980 - 04/30/1980

Verification Level

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