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Nantes: the Pont de l'Aiguillon, looking across to the Quai Flesselles, with the Tour du Bouffay above: P.320-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Nantes: the Pont de l'Aiguillon, looking across to the Quai Flesselles, with the Tour du Bouffay above
Old Town on the Loire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brunet-Debaines, Alfred Louis
Designer: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1879 : The original drawing was made c.1826.

Note

One of nine plates illustrating The Life of J. M. W. Turner, by Ph. G. Hamerton, London, Seely, 1879. This plate appeared with the title "Old Town on the Loire".

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 95 mm Width 125 mm
Sheet Height 99 mm Width 129 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: A. Brunet-Debaines sc.
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.320-1991
Primary reference Number: 19133
Béraldi: 34
BN Inventaire (19thC): 22

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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