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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; first published state on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 33 × 25 1/4 inches (83.8 × 64.1 cm), Plate: 23 5/8 × 17 3/8 inches (60 × 44.1 cm), Chine collé: 22 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (57.8 × 41.9 cm), Image: 20 1/2 × 15 1/4 inches (52.1 × 38.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.650"
Lettered below image: "Painted by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. | Engraved by J. T. Willmore"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8034
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architecture | bridge | cliff | landscape | livestock | reflection | religious and mythological subject | sun | water | waterfall
- Associated People:
- Mercury
Argus - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25950
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Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, pp. 44-5, no. 190, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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