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J. M. W. Turner
Calm 1812
softground etching, etching, aquatint and mezzotint printed in brown ink
17.8 × 26.7 cm (image) 21.4 × 30.2 cm (plate) 29.7 × 45.2 cm irreg. (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
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Calm
1812
from Liber Studiorum, part IX, 23 April 1812
Medium
softground etching, etching, aquatint and mezzotint printed in brown ink
Measurements
17.8 × 26.7 cm (image) 21.4 × 30.2 cm (plate) 29.7 × 45.2 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Rawlinson 44 i/vi; Finberg 44 i/vii
Edition
1st of 7 states
Printing/Publishing
published by J. M. W. Turner, London, 23 April 1812
Inscription
printed in brown ink u.c.: M
printed in brown ink l.l.: Drawn Etched & Engraved by I.M.W. Turner
printed in brown ink l.c.: CALM. / Picture in the possession of J.M.W. Turner. / Published April 23. 1812, by I.M.W. Turner, Queen Ann Street West
printed in brown ink l.r.: 1Ft (t in superscript above . ) 2. by 2 Ft (t in superscript above . ) 3.
Accession Number
2177B-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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