Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, BritishEngraved by William Say, 1768–1834, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Tenth Plague of Egypt
Date:
1816
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.2 × 43.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "61. I"; lower right: "DVC XII"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "61.1."; lower center: "Cotswold Gallery, 1924, ex. G.E.Blood"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8178
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
stairs | branches | religious and mythological subject | Old Testament | walls | sons | death | plague | the ten plagues (Exodus 7:14 - 11:10, 12:21-30) | mourning | people | towers | cityscape
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Egypt - The Legacy (Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, 1990-02-13 - 1990-04-22)Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19)Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20)Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04)