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Mill near the Grand Chartreuse (from the Liber Studiorum) Turner

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Artist/maker

Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851) (designer, etcher)

Henry Edward Dawe (1790 - 1848) (engraver)

Object type

print

Material and technique

etching on paper

Dimensions

206 x 287 mm (plate); 294 x 443 mm (sheet)

Associated people

Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) (publisher)
Associated place
- Europe › France › Rhône-Alpes › La Grande Chartreuse › La Grande Chartreuse (subject)
Inscription

Verso:
bottom right, in graphite: Edu 240 240
bottom left, the Ruskin School's stamp

Provenance

Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.

No. of items

1

Accession no.

WA.RS.ED.240bis
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

landscape
References in which this object is cited include:

References

Finberg, Alexander J., The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum: With a New Catalogue Raisonné (London: Ernest Benn, 1924), no. 54.E

Ruskin, John, ‘The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogues, Notes and Instructions’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), 21, cat. Educational no. 240bis

Location

- Western Art Print Room

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