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The Mildmay Sea-Piece

The Mildmay Sea-Piece
 1812

Medium
etching and mezzotint
Measurements
18.2 × 26.4 cm (image) 21.2 × 29.3 cm (plate) 28.0 × 38.6 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Rawlinson 40; Finberg 40 (between engraver's proof (b) and 1st published state)
Edition
undescribed engraver's proof C
Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: M
printed in ink l.l.: Drawn & Etched by I.M.W. Turner
printed in ink l.r.: Engraved by W. Annis & I. C. Easling
printed in ink l.c.: Picture in the poſseſsion of Sir John Mildmay Bart (t in superscript above . ) / Published Feby (y in superscript above . ) 11. 1812, by I.M.W. Turner, Queen Ann Street West.
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Undescribed / Engraver's proof (c) / (Rays not defined yet as in I + central light sky not yet toned down to make it more uniform in tone / + less diffused whites) / The "Mildmay" Sea-piece (in Harold Wright’s hand)
Accession Number
2173B-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