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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21183
People
Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Title
Peat Bog, Scotland
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1812
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310944

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on cream wove paper
Technique
Etching and mezzotint
Dimensions
plate: 20.8 × 29.1 cm (8 3/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
sheet: 29.7 × 44 cm (11 11/16 × 17 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l.: Drawn & etched by JMW Turner, Esq., RA
    l.r.: Engraved by G. Clint
  • inscription: engraved in top and bottom plate margins: M // Drawb & Etched by I.M.W. TurnerEsq. R. A. // Peat Bog, Scotland / Published , April 28, 1812, by I.M.W. TurnerAnn Street West. // Engraved G. Cline
  • inscription: on sheet margins, various graphite inscriptions: 45 [underlined] / # / [in Charles E. Norton's hand] First State / rare + superb
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 60/-
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: C E N [withtin rectangular borderline] [Charles Eliot Norton, not in Lugt]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 21185 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Eliot Norton, by descent; to Richard Norton, his son, by descent; to Susan Norton, his daughter, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1990

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Susan Norton
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
M21183
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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