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Negropont: P.2103-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Negropont
Byron's Life and Works

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Finden, Edward Francis
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)
Draughtsman: Allison, T (After)
Publisher: Murray, John, publisher i

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1834

Note

IV/V (?).

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( remains of binding along bottom edge)
Plate Height 164 mm Width 229 mm
Sheet Height 164 mm Width 229 mm

Techniques used in production

Steel engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Drawn by J. M. W. Turner, R.A. from a sketch by T. Allison, Esq.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Engraved by E. Finden.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: NEGROPONT.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: London, Published 1834 by J. Murray & Sold by C. Tilt, 86, Fleet Street.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2103-1991
Primary reference Number: 95091
Rawlinson (Turner): 414 (later states, IV/V?)
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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