Calais Pier - English Packets Arriving | Thomas Goff Lupton | Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Artist/Maker	Joseph Mallord William Turner (artist) Thomas Goff Lupton (engraver)
Place of origin	Calais (made)

Mezzotint depicting Calais Pier with the English packet arriving.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Calais Pier - English Packets Arriving (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Turner, J.M.W. 'Calais Pier - English Packets Arriving'. 1827. Engraver's proof from an unfinished plate, printed by Lupton, Thomas Goff.
Physical description	Mezzotint depicting Calais Pier with the English packet arriving.
Dimensions	Height: 24.75in Width: 33.25in
Credit line	Given by Miss Dorothea Short
Object history	Turner was dissatisfied with the plate, which remained unpublished during his lifetime. It was however, published in 1892 on behalf of the Artist's General Benevolent Institution and two impressions from that edition are in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.5327, 5328-1946.
Subjects depicted	Ship Pier
Place depicted	Calais
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962. Rawlinson, W.G., The engraved work of J. M. W. Turner, R.A., London, 1913.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.172-1950

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O595926/calais-pier---english-print-joseph-mallord-william/

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