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Ville de Thun, Switzerland

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Hodgetts

Ville de Thun, Switzerland

1815

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Hodgetts

Ville de Thun, Switzerland

1815

Physical Qualities Mezzotint and etching, Sheet: 287 × 418 mm. (11 5/16 × 16 7/16 in.) Plate: 208 × 292 mm. (8 3/16 × 11 1/2 in.) Image: 179 × 264 mm. (7 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.3165
Printed in brown ink. Artist's blindstamp LR below image. This watermark [T. Richard (a)] only appears in the 1st edition - see Finberg p. lxxix.
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. 59, p. 233-236.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: TC in plate: 'A'; LL in plate: 'Drawn & Etched by I.M.W. Turner R.A.'; LR in plate; 'Engraved by Tho.s Hodgetts'; BC in plate: 'VILLE DE THUN; SWITZERLAND. / Published Jan.y 1. 1816. by M.r Turner. Queen Ann Street West.'; BLE (graphite): '40'; BR Corner (graphite, in diamond): '10507'. VERSO: LL: Claghorn stamp in violet ink; LR: Garrett stamp (Lugt supp. 2435b) in blue ink.

Markings: JMT (Lugt 1498) - FIN / T[heart]RICHARD

Artist and Publisher

Joseph Mallord William Turner

English, 1775-1851
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Artist and Publisher

Thomas Hodgetts

British, active 1801 - 1846
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