Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869, British, Abbeville, 1836
- Title:
- Abbeville
- Additional Title(s):
- Title-page Vignette to 'Tales of a Grandfather'
- Part Of:
- 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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