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Charles Turner
1774-1857
London from Greenwich / drawn & etched by J.M.W. Turner Esqr. R.A. P.P. ; engraved by C. Turner.
London : Published Jany. 1 1811, by Mr. Turner Queen Ann Street West, [1811
mezzotint and etching
image: 179 x 267 mm; plate mark: 209 x 291 mm; sheet: 270 x 359 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2590
Provenance:
Given to Gordon N. Ray by Helen Sutherland; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Inscription:
Inscribed "26 iii" in pencil at lower right.
Notes:
"Picture in the possession of Walter Fawkes Esqr. of Farnley."
Open initial "A" above the image; title in open capitals below the image; in the lower margin at left: 3ft. by 4 ft.
Plate 26 issued in part V of J.M.W. Turner's Liber studiorum.
Printed in reddish brown ink.
The third state, with mark resembling a stippled capital H in left lower corner of margin. Cf. Finberg.
Summary:
A view of London from Greenwich hill, overlooking Greenwich Hospital and the Thames; with a herd of deer in the foreground and a church tower on the extreme left.
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