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Moonlight on a River, Lucerne

Etcher Sir Frank Short British
1896
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Moonlight on a River, Lucerne
  • Etcher: Sir Frank Short (British, Stourbridge, West Midlands 1857–1945 Ditchling, East Sussex)
  • Artist: After Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London)
  • Date: 1896
  • Medium: Etching and mezzotint
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in. (21.4 × 28.5 cm)
    Sheet: 11 13/16 × 16 7/8 in. (30 × 42.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.648.79
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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