Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Mer de Glace, Valley of Chamouni, Savoy, 1812
- Title:
- Mer de Glace, Valley of Chamouni, Savoy
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1812
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 × 12 7/8 inches (25.4 × 32.7 cm), Plate: 8 7/8 × 11 5/8 inches (22.5 × 29.5 cm), Image: 7 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (18.1 × 25.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "50.I"; lower right: "1527"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center right: "771"; lower center: "3"; lower right: "4"
Lettered above image: "M"; below image: "Drawn Etched & Engraved by I.M.W.Turner Esqr. R.A.P.P. | Mer de Glace - Valley of Chamouni - Savoy | Published May 23, 1812, by I.M.W.Turner Queen Ann Street West."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8164
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated Places:
- Alps | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc | France | Haute-Savoie | Mer de Glace (glacier) | Mont Blanc | Rhône-Alpes
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30546
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