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An image of The fifth plague of Egypt by J.M.W. Turner

J.M.W. Turner

(England 1775–1851)

Title
The fifth plague of Egypt, from Liber Studiorum
Year
1808
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching and mezzotint
Edition
i of three states
Dimensions

21.0 x 29.0cm platemark; 25.8 x 38.7cm sheet

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Mrs Arthur Acland Allen through the Empire Art Loan Collection Society 1939
Accession number
2000.41
Location
Not on display
Further information

Etched by J.M.W. Turner and engraved by Charles Turner

Bibliography (3)

Gillian Forrester, Turner's 'Drawing Book' The Liber Studiorum 1996, Millbank, 1996, 63-64. cat.no. 16

Renée Free, J.M.W. Turner's Liber Studiorum 1993, Domain, 1993, 7. cat.no. 15

Peter Raissis, Look Jul 2009, 'Diverse, individual and imaginative', pg.24-27, Newtown, Jul 2009, 26 (illus.).

Exhibition history (1)

J.M.W.Turner's Liber Studiorum: Etchings and Mezzotints of Types of Landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Dec 1992–14 Feb 1993