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The Mildmay Sea-Piece

The Mildmay Sea-Piece
 1812

Medium
etching and mezzotint
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and mezzotint
Measurements
18.2 × 26.4 cm (image) 21.2 × 29.3 cm (plate) 28.0 × 38.6 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Rawlinson 40; Finberg 40 (between engraver's proof (b) and 1st published state)
Edition
undescribed engraver's proof C
Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: M
printed in ink l.l.: Drawn & Etched by I.M.W. Turner
printed in ink l.r.: Engraved by W. Annis & I. C. Easling
printed in ink l.c.: Picture in the poſseſsion of Sir John Mildmay Bart (t in superscript above . ) / Published Feby (y in superscript above . ) 11. 1812, by I.M.W. Turner, Queen Ann Street West.
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Undescribed / Engraver's proof (c) / (Rays not defined yet as in I + central light sky not yet toned down to make it more uniform in tone / + less diffused whites) / The "Mildmay" Sea-piece (in Harold Wright’s hand)
Accession Number
2173B-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
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Gallery location
Not on display

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