- Title:
- The Acropolis of Athens
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1832-1834
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; engraver's proof (a) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 9/16 × 14 5/16 inches (26.8 × 36.4 cm), Plate: 8 7/8 × 10 15/16 inches (22.5 × 27.8 cm), Chine collé: 8 5/8 × 10 9/16 inches (21.9 × 26.8 cm), Image: 3 15/16 × 5 1/2 inches (10 × 14 cm), Mount: 11 15/16 × 17 1/2 inches (30.3 × 44.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.408 (a)"; center left: "There are too many small | pieces of paper left white | making the work look unsolid"; center right: "Whiter | These Horses are too low in tone"; lower center: "This part of the ground (perhaps the whole of the front | too much of simple Etching, line wants strength or crossing"; lower center: "Send me always two - and I shall want one of this where I see the difference."; lower left: "3/10/- (5 1/2" by 4") | The Acropolis Athens"
Collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.7429
- 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:16350
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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. 37, no. 140, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]