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Chepstow

Maker

After
(artist)
1775-1851

(printmaker)
ca. 1781-1852 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1776-1802

Title

Chepstow

Date of Production

1794

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 12.9 cm
Height: 16.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7449

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

The Engraved Work of J. M. W. Turner
no. 2

Inscriptions

Inscription: The Itinerant. //

Inscription: Engraved by Storer from an Original Drawing by W: Turner. //

Inscription: CHEPSTOW. //

Inscription: Published Nov.r 1st. 1794 by J. Walker No. 16 Rosomans Street, London. //

Label: CHEPSTOW. / THE name of CHEPSTOW is Saxon, signifying a market, or place of trade; in British, it is called Kaswent, or Casteith- / [...] / Two miles from CHEPSTOW is the famous passage over the Severn, on this side called Beachley, and on the other Aust. //

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