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Print made by Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857, British, The Walls of Rome (Tomb of Caius Sestus), 1833
- Title:
- The Walls of Rome (Tomb of Caius Sestus)
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1833
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving, third state on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (28.9 × 21.9 cm), Plate: 9 1/8 × 6 15/16 inches (23.2 × 17.6 cm), Chine collé: 8 15/16 × 6 3/4 inches (22.7 × 17.1 cm), Image: 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 inches (6.4 × 9.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R.423"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "[R...]"; lower right: "(J.W. Nov. 41)"
Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.M.W. Turner, R.A."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by E. Finden."; lettered, lower center: "The Walls of Rome. | (Tomb of Caius Sestus.) | Published by John Murray Albemarle Street, 1833."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13564
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45289
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