Little Devil's Bridge over the Russ above Altdorft Swissd. / drawn & etched by J.M.W. Turner Esqr. R.A.P.P. ; engraved by Chas. Turner.

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Charles Turner
1774-1857
Little Devil's Bridge over the Russ above Altdorft Swissd. / drawn & etched by J.M.W. Turner Esqr. R.A.P.P. ; engraved by Chas. Turner.
London : Published March 29. 1809, by C. Turner; No. 50, Warren Street Fitzroy Square, [1809
mezzotint and etching
image: 178 x 259 mm; plate mark: 209 x 290 mm; sheet: 268 x 368 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2589
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Given to Gordon N. Ray by Helen Sutherland; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Inscribed "19 iii" in pencil at lower left.

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Open initials "Ms." above the image; title in open capitals below the image, with visible evidence of reengraving of the letters.
Plate 19 issued in part IV of J.M.W. Turner's Liber studiorum.
Printed in reddish brown ink.

Summary: 

A single-arched bridge over a torrent, the Reuss river, between mountain sides sparsely covered with pine-trees.

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