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Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi

Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi
 1812
from Liber Studiorum, part X, 23 May 1812

Medium
etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink
Measurements
17.8 × 26.2 cm (image) 20.8 × 29.1 cm (plate) 29.1 × 43.0 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Rawlinson 49 i/iv; Finberg 49 i/iv
Edition
1st of 4 states
Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: M
printed in ink l.l.: Drawn & Etched by I.M.W. Turner Esqr (r in superscript above . ) R.A.P.P.
printed in ink l.r.: Engraved by W. Say Engraver to the Prince Regent & H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester
printed in ink l.c.: CHAIN OF ALPS from Grenoble to Chamberi / Publiſhed May 23. 1812, by I.M.W. Turner Queen Ann Street West.
chopmark in image l.r.: JMWT (Lugt 1498: estate sale stamp)
inscribed in pencil l.l.: F49 I of 4 (ex J.M.W. Turner sale, 1873) (in Harold Wright’s hand)
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Note white mark half-way up plate at left. This may be an Engraver's proof. (This may be an Engraver's proof underlined) / apparently worked over in later impressions (in Harold Wright’s hand)
inscribed in pencil l.r.c.: 49
inscribed in pencil on mount l.r.: as fine as B.M. impression / H.W. (in Ursula Hoff’s hand)
Accession Number
2182B-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