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Solway Moss

Solway Moss
 1887
plate 3 from the Twelve subjects from the Liber Studiorum of J. M. W. Turner, R.A. etched and mezzotinted by Frank Short/ series

Medium
etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink
Measurements
18.8 × 26.7 cm (image) 21.7 × 29.4 cm (plate) 32.8 × 43.8 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hardie 8 ii/ii; Strange 45 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states, edition of over 300
Printing/Publishing
published by Robert Dunthorne, London, 1 November, 1887
Inscription
printed in brown ink (in image) l.l.: S (in shield)
printed in brown ink l.l.: FRANK SHORT SCULP. AFTER J.M.W. TURNER
printed in brown ink l.c.: London, Published Novr (" under r) 1st (" under st) 1887, by Robt (" under t) Dunthorne at The Rembrandt Head in Vigo Street.
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Frank Short to F. Goulding
Accession Number
1383.8B-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Brigadier W.E. Clark, 1957
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Agriculture Another Work Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
livestock pastoral reproductions (derivative objects) series (object groupings) sky Solway Moss (area) sunlight United Kingdom (nation)