- Title:
- Gosport, Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1831
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving, with graphite; touched engraver's proof
- Dimensions:
- Plate: 10 x 12in. (25.4 x 30.5cm), Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/2in. (29.8 x 44.5cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 252"; upper center: "All these parts are too apparent and speck-like | The more this part of the Sky is toned and Softened the | better. The whole light through to<...>"; lower left: "Gosport"; lower center: "Masonry for the Fort | large at the angle"; lower right: "The rigging of the Vessels all too thin.| XX Largest"
Turner sale mark: J. M. W. Turner (Lugt 1491); collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
Lettered, lower center: "Etchd. by R. Brandard from a Drawing by J. M. W. Turner R. A., 1830."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6990
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16298
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 23, no. 68, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]