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Chain of alps from Grenoble to Chamberi

Chain of alps from Grenoble to Chamberi
(1887)
plate 8 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
17.7 × 26.0 cm (image) 21.6 × 29.3 cm (plate) 31.1 × 39.7 cm irreg. (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Brigadier W.E. Clark, 1957

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hardie 7 i/ii; Strange 43 i/ii

Edition
1st of 2 states

Printing/Publishing
published by Robert Dunthorne, London, 1887

Inscription
printed in brown ink (in image) l.l.: S (in shield)
printed in brown ink l.c.r.: FRANK SHORT SCULP. AFTER J.M.W. TURNER
inscribed in pencil l.c.r.: Frank Short to F. Goulding

Accession Number
1383.7-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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