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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G5052
People
Etching by Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Mezzotint by Thomas Hodgetts, British (active 1801-46)
Title
From Spenser's "Fairy Queen"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1811
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279716

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on off-white laid paper
Technique
Etching and mezzotint
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate,upper margin, center: H
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left, center, and right: Drawn & Etched by T. M. W. Turner Esqr. R.A. // FROM SPENSER'S FAIRY QUEEN / Published June 1811, by T.M.W. Turner, Queen Ann Street West. // Engraved by T. Hodgetts
  • inscription: lower left corner, graphite: 36

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
Finberg, Rawlinson 36

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G5052
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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