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Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "Engraved on stone"; inscribed in graphite, lower left to lower right: "The Flood. | E. Calvert. F. 3. One of the 5 impressions belonging to Calvert fam[...] | The Flood" ("fam" is most probably "family", but it is cut off at the edge of the sheet); inscribed in graphite, center right on back, written vertically downwards: "<reproduced from the> | original engraving on | Stone - 1829." ("original" underlined); inscribed in graphite, center on back, written vertically downwards: "4" (encircled); inscribed in graphite, center left on back, written vertically downwards: "The Flood."; inscribed in graphite, lower left on back, written vertically downwards: "M.H."

Lettered lower right within image: "EDW.D CALVERT. | INVEN."; lettered lower center below image: "LONDON PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1 MDCCCXXIX BY EDW.D CALVERT XVII RUSSELL ST. BRIXTON ROAD." ("SS" in "RUSSELL" are reversed)