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Liber Fluviorum; or, River Scenery of France

1853
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Object Information
  • Title: Liber Fluviorum; or, River Scenery of France
  • Artist: After Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London)
  • Printer: Letter-press by Leitch Ritchie (British, Greenock, Scotland 1800–1865 London)
  • Author: Biography by Alaric Alexander Watts (British, London 1797–1864 London)
  • Engraver: John Cousen (British, Bradford 1804–1880 South Norwood)
  • Engraver: Thomas Higham (British, baptised Bramfield, Suffolk 1795–1844 London)
  • Engraver: Robert Brandard (British, Birmingham 1805–1862 London)
  • Engraver: Robert William Wallis (British, London 1794–1878 Hove, Sussex)
  • Engraver: William Raymond Smith (British, active 1818–48)
  • Engraver: James Baylis Allen (British, Birmingham 1803–1876 London)
  • Engraver: William Radclyffe (British, Birmingham 1783–1855 Birmingham)
  • Engraver: Thomas Jeavons (British, baptized Birmingham 1795–1867 Welshpool, Montgomery, Wales)
  • Engraver: James Tibbits Willmore (British, Handsworth 1800–1863 London)
  • Engraver: William Miller (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1796–1882 Sheffield)
  • Engraver: John Carr Armytage (British, London 1802–1897)
  • Engraver: J. Smith (British, 1800–1850)
  • Engraver: Samuel Fisher (British, 1806–1861)
  • Publisher: Henry G. Bohn
  • Printer: J. and C. Adlard (London)
  • Binder: Burn (London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1853
  • Medium: Illustrations: line engraving
  • Dimensions: 10 13/16 x 7 15/16 x 2 3/16 in. (27.5 x 20.2 x 5.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.648.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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