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- Title:
- Original Sketch of a Picture for W. Leader, Esq.
- Additional Title(s):
The Leader Sea-piece
The Guard-ship at the Nore- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1809
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; engraver's proof (b), touched by the artist in graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 1/8 inches (22.2 × 30.8 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm), Image: 7 × 10 1/8 inches (17.8 × 25.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "20"; lower left: "[...]"; lower center: "Before the M - the distand sea & boats touched by Turner"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "JHH | Col | F | Mar. 52"
Collector’s mark: Earl George Cathcart (Lugt 483); collector's mark: John Heywood Hawkins (Lugt 1472)
Lettered below image: "Drawn & Etched by J.M.W.Turner Esqr. R.A.P.P. | Engraved by Chas.Turner | Original Sketch of a Picture for W.Leader Esqr. | London Published March 29, 1809, by C.Turner, No.50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8124
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- leader | sailboats | sea
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26166
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