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Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Original Sketch of a Picture for W. Leader, Esq, 1809
- Title:
Original Sketch of a Picture for W. Leader, Esq.
- Additional Title(s):
The Leader Sea-piece
The Guard-ship at the Nore
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1809
- Medium:
- Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 × 10 1/8 inches (17.8 × 25.7 cm), Mount: 11 1/8 × 15 1/4 inches (28.3 × 38.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in graphite, lower left: "20"; lower right: "1st State"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "41"; lower right: "20"; inscribed on verso of mount, lower left: "J.M.W.Turer - C.Turner March 29 1809"; lower center: "late 1st no rework on flag of foreground boat"; lower right: "The Leader Sea Piece / The Guardship at the Nore / West Towne Oct 36"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14018
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | sailboat | sea | wind
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38804
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