Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775 - 1851) was an English painter, printmaker, and watercolorist.
Engraver: John Cousen, (1804 -1880) was a landscape engraver.
Title: Bridge of Meulan. (The bridge on the Seine river in Normandy, France).
Signed in the plate: Drawn by J. M. W. Turner. Engraved by J. Cousen.
Materials and Techniques: line engraving on India paper laid on wove paper. Dimensions: Image 3 3/4" x 5 1/4". Sheet 11 3/4" x 17 1/2".
Publication: Turner's Annual Tour, 1835: Wanderings by the Seine. Turner made designs for three volumes of views of French rivers annually in 1833-5: 'Wandering by the Loire' in 1833, and two 'Wandering by the Seine' in 1834 and 1835. They are usually known as a series of 'Turner's Annual Tour'.
Reference: The British Museum: 1868,0822.4191 different state.
Condition: Good. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog raisonne: Rawlinson II, 1913. #479. p.272. First Pub. State.
Reference: William George Rawlinson. The engraved work of J. M. W. Turner, R. A. vol. I-II. London, 1908-1913.
Museum: Tate: T04713.