Print made by James Charles Armytage, 1802–1897, British, Venice, the Bridge of Sighs, between 1859 and 1861
- Title:
- Venice, the Bridge of Sighs
- Date:
- between 1859 and 1861
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 inches (23.5 × 33 cm), Image: 7 × 10 3/8 inches (17.8 × 26.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R 742"; lower right: "R.A. 1840"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Venice the Bridge of Sighs. I stook upon a bridge, a palace and prison on each hand "Byron""
Lettered below image, lower left; "J.M.W. TURNER R.A. PINXT."; lower center: "VENICE-- THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS. | FROM THE PICTURE IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY."; lower right: "J.C. ARMYTAGE, SCULPT."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13882
- 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:39366
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