About the Artwork
The Leader Sea Piece
1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner (Artist) English, 1775-1851 Charles Turner (Engraver) English, 1773-1857 Charles Turner (Publisher) English, 1773-1857
Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on wove paper
Image: 6 7/8 × 10 1/8 inches (17.5 × 25.7 cm) Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 7 3/4 × 11 inches (19.7 × 27.9 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1158
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Drawn & Etched by J. M. W. Turner Esqr. R. A. P. P. Inscribed, lower center: Original Sketch of a Picture for W, Leader. Esqr. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by Chas. Turner. Inscribed, upper center margin: M Inscribed, in pencil, upper right: 19
Provenance
October 1883, (Wunderlich & Co., New York, New York, USA).Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Joseph Mallord William Turner; Charles Turner, The Leader Sea Piece, 1809, etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1158.
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