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Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Title:
Linlithgow
Additional Title(s):
Title-page Vignette to 'Tales of a Grandfather'
Part Of:

Collective Title: Scott's Prose Works

Date:
1836
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (41.3 × 27.6 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 inches (21 × 15.2 cm), Image: 3 × 3 inches (7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R.548"; lower center: "First state"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "R 548 | 1st state (before Title) | Turner Collection Stamp | Stamped ^ when sold by the Turner Family who fought the will & gained possession | of all the prints in Turner's possession and most of his fortune"; lower left to lower right: "Linlithgow | 1836 Scott's Prose Works | one of Turner's Proofs | F. W. Nov 41"

Turner sale mark: J. M. W. Turner (Lugt 1498)

Lettered, lower left: "J.M.W. Turner, R.A."; lettered, lower right: "W. Miller."; lettered, lower center: "Edinburgh, Published 1836, by Robert Cadell; & Hodgson & Graves, London."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.13705
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:39597
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