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4. Success at the Royal Academy 1801-12
101 - The Fifth Plague of Egypt

Engraved in mezzotint by C. Turner (etched outline by J. M. W. Turner) for the Liber Studiorum part 111, 1808 (R.16, No. 102).

The subject is that of Turner's painting 'The Fifth Plague of Egypt', exhibited R.A. 1800 (206) and bought by William Beckford (No.70). It was categorised in the Liber as 'Historical' landscape.

A sketch for the subject is in the 'Dolbadern' sketchbook, T.B.XL VI f.79.



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