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Creator:
Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Title:
Abbeville
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 with chine collé on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (41.3 × 26.7 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 inches (21 × 15.2 cm), Image: 4 × 3 3/8 inches (10.2 × 8.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "R 556"; lower center: "First state"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left to lower right: "Illustrations to Scott's Prose Works | 1835 | Abbeville | 1st State | (Spencer April 46)"

Lettered, lower left: "J.M.W. Turner, R.A."; lettered, lower right: "J. Horsburgh."; 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:
B1977.14.13713
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:39609
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