Accession number
PML 146533.5
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, etcher.
Published
[England : s.n., 1859?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Etched proof before letters, printed in sepia ink.
Preliminary etching by John Ruskin after J.M.W. Turner, afterwards finished in mezzotint by Thomas Lupton; finished print later published as plate 87 in v. 5 of John Ruskin's Modern painters (London : George Allen, 1888).
Forms part of a bound album of proof impressions of etchings and engravings by or after John Ruskin and J.M.W. Turner (see PML 146533).
See PML 146533.6 for a copy of this print in its finished state in the same album.
Preliminary etching by John Ruskin after J.M.W. Turner, afterwards finished in mezzotint by Thomas Lupton; finished print later published as plate 87 in v. 5 of John Ruskin's Modern painters (London : George Allen, 1888).
Forms part of a bound album of proof impressions of etchings and engravings by or after John Ruskin and J.M.W. Turner (see PML 146533).
See PML 146533.6 for a copy of this print in its finished state in the same album.
Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark: 209 x 291 mm; sheet: 425 x 273 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a view of the Lake Zug, with four figures on the shore in the right foreground, further two to the left standing in the water, boats on the lake, towers on the other side of the lake, mountains in the background.
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