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The Temple of Minerva Medica

The Temple of Minerva Medica
 (1811)

Medium
etching
Measurements
18.1 × 26.3 cm (image) 20.6 × 28.8 cm (plate) 29.4 × 43.3 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Rawlinson 23 (etching); Finberg 23 (etching)
Edition
unpublished
Inscription
chopmark in image l.r.: JMWT (Lugt 1498: estate sale stamp)
inscribed in pencil l.l.: slab here (here underlined) / (box) (arrow) / in BM impression (underlined) (box) (diagonal arrow) (in Harold Wright's hand)
inscribed in pencil l.l.: One of six 508-F8 (crossed out) (in Harold Wright's hand)
inscribed in pencil l.l.: An undescribed II state of this etching. (undescribed II state of this etching underlined) / The edge of the white slab of masonry at lower left has been reworked. / In British Museum & other collections the edge shows (see also reproduction in Finberg's catalogue). / F.23. (ex J.M.W. Turner sale, 1873) (F.23. underlined) (in Harold Wright's hand)
inscribed in pencil c.l.: (13 impressions in the Turner sale) / 1873 (in Harold Wright's hand)
inscribed in pencil c.: The Etching by J.M.W. Turner. R.A. / 1811 (in Harold Wright's hand)
inscribed in pencil r.: (Hindoo Worshipper / or / "Temple of Minerva Medica") (in Harold Wright's hand)
Accession Number
2156A-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
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