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Print made by James T. Willmore, 1800–1863, British, Mercury and Argus, 1841
- Title:
Mercury and Argus
- Date:
- 1841
- Medium:
- Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 29 1/4 × 19 inches (74.3 × 48.3 cm), Plate: 27 × 19 inches (68.6 × 48.3 cm), Chine collé: 26 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (67.9 × 47 cm), Image: 20 1/2 × 15 inches (52.1 × 38.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 650"; lower left: "Engraver's Proof (a) Unfinished - Presentation Proof [...] Publisher"; lower right: "H G[...] Esqr. | with Jas. T. Willmore"
Lettered below image: "J. M. W. Turner R.A. | J. T. Willmore"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8033
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architecture | bridge | cliff | landscape | livestock | reflection | religious and mythological subject | sun | trees | water | waterfall
- Associated People:
- Mercury
Argus - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25946
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