Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British

Engraved by Thomas Goff Lupton, 1791–1873, British

after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British

Title:

Ploughing, Eton

Date:

1818

Materials & Techniques:

Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Second plate, reprinted for Rawlinson on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 5/8 inches (29.2 × 42.2 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "One of 17 Selected Impressions"; lower left: "R.79"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "J.M.W.Turner | Ploughing, Eton;" lower center: "Etched & Engraved by T.Lupton, reprinted for Rawlinson c 187- The note on the front is his"; lower right: "In Henry Theobald's Collection May 1925"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.13970

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Currently On View:

Not on view

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38731