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Joseph Mallord William Turner and William Say

Martello Towers Near Bexhill, Sussex

1810

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Martello Towers Near Bexhill, Sussex

Joseph Mallord William Turner and William Say

Martello Towers Near Bexhill, Sussex

Martello Towers Near Bexhill, Sussex

1810

Physical Qualities Mezzotint and etching, Sheet: 295 × 431 mm. (11 5/8 × 16 15/16 in.) Plate: 206 × 289 mm. (8 1/8 × 11 3/8 in.) Image: 178 × 260 mm. (7 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.3163
Printed in brown ink.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c)
Finberg, Alexander J., J.M.W. Turner's Liber Studiorum with a Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1988, no. 34, p. 133-136.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: TC in plate: 'M'; LL in plate: 'Drawn & Etched by T.M.W.[sic] Turner Esq.r R.A.'; LR in plate: 'Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester'; BC in plate: 'MARTELLO TOWERS NEAR BEXHILL, SUSSEX / Published June 1811, by T.M.W. Turner Queen Ann Street West.'; BL Corner (graphite): '49'; BR Corner (graphite): '9904'. VERSO: LL: Claghorn stamp in violet ink; LR: Garrett stamp (Lugt supp. 2435b) in blue ink.

Markings: JMT (Lugt 1498)? - J WHATMAN / 1810

Artist and Publisher

Joseph Mallord William Turner

1774–1850

English, 1775-1851
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Artist and Publisher

William Say

1767–1833

English, 1768-1834
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