Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775 - 1851) was an English painter, printmaker, and watercolorist.
Title: Marine Dabblers. Children playing with toy boats.
Signature: Before any letters. Turner studio blind stamp.
Materials and Techniques: Etching on wove paper. Print before mezzotint. "These etchings of Liber are of the utmost interest" (William George Rawlinson. Turner's Liber Studiorum: A Description and A Catalogue. Macmillan & Co., 2nd ed. London, 1906. p.XIV.)
Dimensions: Image 7" x 10 1/4". Sheet 11 1/2" x 17".
Condition: Good. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Published: Liber Studiorum. Studiorum (Book of Studies) is a collection of 71 prints by J. M. W. Turner published 1807 - 1819.
Catalog raisonne: Rawlinson, Pl. #29. p. 75. The Etching.
Reference: William George Rawlinson. Turner's Liber Studiorum: A Description and A Catalogue. Macmillan & Co., 2nd ed. London, 1906.
Provenance: "JMWT monogram blind stamp. This mark was applied to every item sold from Turner’s studio in the sales at Christie’s of 1873 and 1874".
Reference: Professor David Hill.
Museum: Tate: A00969.
Note: Of the 70 engravings that make up the Turner's Liber Studiorum, only 3 are devoted to the theme of childhood and are considered the rarest, namely, Marine Dabblers, Juvenile Tricks, and Young Anglers, all three are in the Goldin Fine Art collection.