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The Leader Sea Piece
Public Domain

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Charles Turner, and others

The Leader Sea Piece

1808

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The Leader Sea Piece

1808

Physical Qualities Mezzotint and etching with scraping, Sheet: 275 × 416 mm. (10 13/16 × 16 3/8 in.) Plate: 209 × 290 mm. (8 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.) Image: 177 × 258 mm. (6 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Antioch Subscription Fund, by exchange with the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
Object Number 1943.5.20
Published in Part IV.
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
Ian Warrell, Curator of 18th and 19th Century British Art at Tate Britain, Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Reflections of Sea and Light: Paintings and Watercolors by J.M.W. Turner from Tate,' February 14-May 26 2002.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: UC: 'M'; LL: 'Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner Esqr. R.A.P.P.'; LWRC: 'Original Sketch of a Picture for W. Leader Esqr./London Published March 29, 1809. by C Turner No. 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square'; LR: 'Engraved by Chas. Turner'

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