Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882, British, Fontainebleau, 1835
- Title:
- Fontainebleau
- Additional Title(s):
- Title-page Vignette to 'Life of Napoleon'
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1835
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (42.9 × 28.6 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 inches (21 × 15.2 cm), Image: 3 3/4 × 3 inches (9.5 × 7.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.538"; lower left: "7Z Fountainbleau"; lower center: "Scott's Prose Works"
Collector's mark: Unidentified, blind embossed griffin in oval (not in Lugt); collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
Lettered, lower left: "J.M.W. Turner, R.A."; lettered, lower right: "W. Miller."; lettered, lower center: "Edinburgh, Published 1835, by Robert Cadell; & Hodgson, Boys & Graves, London."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.7832
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16613
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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. 36, no. 138, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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