FDA-D.1200-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1200-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Copy after Ploughing at Eton, from Liber Studiorum
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Building in background believed to be Lincoln Cathedral or York Minster, Turner's drawing uses another building which is exchanged for Eton College Chapel at the etching stage
Other number
829
Description
Content (place)
Eton College
Dimensions
height (actual size): 255mm
width (actual size): 316mm
width (actual size): 316mm
Inscription
Signed in pink ink 'Tho. J. Ford. / 24/7/96'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse of backing board ''Eton - Ploughing' / Copy of sepia drawing of J. M. W. Turner's / by Thomas J. Ford'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse of backing board ''Eton - Ploughing' / Copy of sepia drawing of J. M. W. Turner's / by Thomas J. Ford'
Production
Person
Date
24/07/1[8]96
History and association
Object history note
The Liber Studiorum is a series of Turner's land- and sea-scapes which were published as prints. The original drawings are in the Tate Collection. There were three plates made of this scene at Eton, known as Plate 79, worked on by Thomas Lupton
References
• Rawlinson, W.G., Turner's Liber Studiorum, A Description and a Catalogue, London, Macmillan & Co., 1878 (p. 155)
