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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)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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unpublished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
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