Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878, British, Margate, Kent, 1831
- Title:
- Margate, Kent
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1831
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 263. (E.P. touched) (2)"; upper center: 'Touched proof by Turner"; center: "There wants gradation there & don't put any cross lines. Pray take care of the sky | for it is very well"; lower left: "Should have both | drawn lines - thus"; lower left: "Corn" and "not Grav'd"; lower center, extensive inscriptions ending: "The Print looks better than the India because the Lights [...] cleared"
Lettered, lower right: "R. Wallis, 1831"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.7021
- 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:17190
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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. 23, no. 73, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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