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Stonehenge at Daybreak: P.2008-R

Titles

Stonehenge at Daybreak
Liber Studiorum

Maker(s)

Short, Frank, Sir (Printmaker)
After Turner, Joseph Mallord William (Draughtsman)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1911-11) by Short, Frank, Sir

Dating

Production date: AD 1897

Note

Third state

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper Plate Height 217 mm Width 285 mm

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: letter S on black shield

  • Text: S
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: Drawn by J.M.W. Turner R.A.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Engraved by F. Short 1897
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: STONEHENGE AT DAYBREAK / From an Unpublished Drawing for the Liber Studiorum in the possession of J.E. Taylor Esq.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Frank Short
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2008-R
Primary reference Number: 9411
Strange: 210
Hardie (Short): 26 III

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 6 August 2011

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Stonehenge at Daybreak" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/9411 Accessed: 2022-07-03 21:34:14

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