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J. M. W. Turner
William Say (engraver)
Martello Towers Near Bexhill, Sussex (c. 1811)
etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink
17.8 × 26.2 cm (image) 20.8 × 29.2 cm (plate) 22.1 × 30.0 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
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Martello Towers Near Bexhill, Sussex
(c. 1811)
Medium
etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink
Measurements
17.8 × 26.2 cm (image) 20.8 × 29.2 cm (plate) 22.1 × 30.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Rawlinson 34 engraver's proof (a); Finberg 34 engraver's proof (a)
Edition
engraver's proof (a)
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: Martello Towers near Bexhill
chopmark l.r.: WS (Lugt 2651: William Say)
inscribed in pencil l.r.c: CJT (in an unidentified hand)
inscribed in pencil l.l.c.: F.34 (in Harold Wright's hand)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: BM= / F.34. Engraver's proof A (ex W. Say collection) / & with initials of Charles Turner (in Harold Wright's hand)
inscribed in pencil on mount l.l.: Coll. W. Say and unidentified coll. C.J.T. (in Ursula Hoff's hand)
inscribed in pencil on mount l.c.: as fine as British Museum impression. (in Ursula Hoff's hand)
Accession Number
2167C-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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