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Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Frontispiece to Liber Studiorum

published May 23, 1812
Mezzotint and etching in dark brown on cream laid paper, lined at edges with ivory wove paper
18.8 × 26.4 cm (7.4 × 10.4 in)

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