R650 Mercury and Argus state: epb NGC_50513
Print
| Rawlinson No: R650 | Print Title: Mercury and Argus | Engraver: Willmore, James Tibbits |
| Catalogue Link: https://archive.org/details/engravedworkofj02rawliala/page/334/mode/2up | ||
Impression data
| Sheet HxW mm: 756*602 | Plate Mark HxW mm: 689*489 | Image HxW mm: 521*385 |
| State: epb | Accession No.: NGC_50513 | |
| Collection: National Gallery of Canada | ||
| Link to record: https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/your-collection/translating-painting-into-print-jmw-turners-mercury-and-argus | ||
Text on impression
| Artist line: J M W Turner. R A{Ital} | Position: tll | ||
| Engraver line: J.T.Willmore.{ital} | Position: tlr | ||
| Publication date: 1839 | |||
| Paper Type: india | |||
| Impression Touched: Y | |||
| Inscriptions: If you are [open?] / to [lop?] these [branches?] / away make this / [….]{Turner, graphite, blr}¦ {partly written over the above:}Put a piece of Clear / Ground over this part / and I will see if I can help the corner{Turner, graphite, blr}¦ take the Charcoal / [….] this [….]{Turner, graphite, blr}¦ Make these two / leaves of palm [light?] / along [stalks?] [by?] / [bough?] [there?]{Turner, graphite, middle left}¦ 7894 {later, graphite, blr}¦ R.650 {later, graphite, bll}¦ 6673.{later, graphite, blr verso} | |||
Image data
| Image no.: R650_epb_NGC_50513_002 | Credit: Additional uses in print/online, etc. are not authorized and will require additional licensing |
| Provenance: touched proof in Willmore’s estate sale, London, 18 May 1863. Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd (1941–2012). With N.W. Lott & H.J. Gerrish Ltd. (Penrhos, Wales), by 1990; with Gerrish Fine Art, London; purchased 2023. | |