The Source of the Arveron in the Valley of Chamouni Savoy, from the series Liber Studiorum
Joseph Mallord William Turner, English, 1775 - 1851
Henry Edward Dawe, English, 1790 - 1848
1816
Etching, aquatint, and Mezzotint on laid paper
Image: 7 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (18.9 × 27 cm)
Plate: 8 7/16 × 11 9/16 in. (21.5 × 29.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 5/8 in. (26.1 × 37.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Barbara Eck Sorini in memory of her brother, Theodore Dietrich (Dieter) Eck, Class of 1959
PR.2004.58
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, and inscribed, in plate, bottom center margin: Drawn & Engraved by I. M. W. Turner. T. A. / THE SOURCE of the ARVERON in the VALLEY of CHAMOUNI SAVOY. / Pubished Jany. 1. 1816, by Mr. Turner, Queen Ann Street West.; inscribed, in plate, top margin, center: M
Exhibition History
The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Owen Robertson Cheatham and Friends Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19 through March 14, 2010.
Publication History
T.Barton Thurber, The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, Capital Offset Company Inc., 2010, checklist p. 23.
Provenance
Barbara Eck Sorini, Maywood, New Jersey; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Fineberg catalog no. 60.
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