G5026: Ships in a Breeze
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G5026
- People
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Etching by Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Mezzotint by Charles Turner, British (Woodstock, England 1774 - 1857 London)
After Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
- Title
- Ships in a Breeze
- Other Titles
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Alternate Title: The Egremont Sea Piece
Series/Book Title: Liber Studiorum - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1808
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/278956
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on off-white laid paper
- Technique
- Etching and mezzotint
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, upper margin, center: M
- inscription: in plate, lower margin, left, center, and right: Drawn & Etch'd by J.M.W. Turner Esqr. R.A.P.P. // IN THE POSSESSION OF THE EARL OF EGREMONT 6 by 5 / London Published Feby. 20. 1808. by C. Turner No. 50, Warren Street Fitzroy Square // Engraved by Chas. Turner
- inscription: lower left corner, graphite: 10
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- iv/v
- Standard Reference Number
- Finberg, Rawlinson 10
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
- Object Number
- G5026
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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