Oil paintings, watercolours, prints, miniatures & sculpture - 24th September 2014
Lot 708
Joseph Mallord William Turner R.A. (1775-1851) Gloucester Cathedral
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £550
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Description
Joseph Mallord William Turner R.A. (1775-1851)
Gloucester Cathedral, The Hare, The Boston Stump
Mezzotint
19 x 25cm; 7½ x 9¾in
A number of mezzotint plates were found in Turner's house after he died, including this plate, which has three titles. It was never printed in Turner's lifetime Sir Francis Seymour Hayden took a few impressions c.1873 and it was subsequently sold and then reworked. The source of the composition is the watercolour of 1823-6 in the Tate Gallery.