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London from Greenwich
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Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner

London from Greenwich

1811

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London from Greenwich

1811

Physical Qualities Mezzotint and etching printed in brown, Sheet: 297 × 430 mm. (11 11/16 × 16 15/16 in.) Plate: 209 × 291 mm. (8 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 26 from the series "Liber Studiorum"
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.3161
In the early part of the nineteenth century, Turner published an ambitious set of prints known as the Liber Studiorum (Book of Studies). This print was loosely based on the idea of Claude’s Liber Veritatis (Book of Truth), and constituted Turner’s personal manifesto of his aspirations for landscape art. He categorized the prints into six types: Pastoral, Marine, Mountainous, Historical, Architectural, and E.P. (Elevated or Epic Pastoral). These prints, published periodically in small groups, were intended to spread the artist’s fame. Some of the prints were engraved by Turner himself and some he collaborated with other printmakers. By 1819 the project faltered and only 70 of the intended 100 prints were completed.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c)
Ann Shafer, BMA, "Taking in the View: English Watercolors and Prints," 27 August - 7 December 2008.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: TC in plate: 'A'; LL in plate: 'Drawn & Etched by JMW Turner RA PP', & below: '3.ft by 4.ft'; LR in plate: 'Engraved by C. Turner.'; LwrC in plate: 'LONDON, from GREENWICH / Picture in the possession of Walter Fawkes Esq.r of Farnley. / Published Jan.y 1 1811 by M.r Turner Queen Ann Street West'; BR (graphite, in diamond): '9902'. VERSO: LL: Claghorn stamp in violet ink; LR: Garrett stamp (Lugt supp. 2435b) in blue ink; BLC (graphite): 'P/A/'.

Markings: none - none

Artist and Publisher

Charles Turner

English, 1773-1857

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