Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876, British, St. Germains, 1835
- Title:
- St. Germains
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1835
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving, with graphite, white chalk, and scraping out; touched engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/8 × 11 inches (16.2 × 27.9 cm), Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 7/8 inches (14.9 × 22.5 cm), Image: 4 3/4 × 5 3/8 inches (12.1 × 13.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.480. E.P. Early. Touched 1."; center left: "White horse and large tree very [line privy] "; lower center: "The distance is all too strong yet not made rich enough of [working] in all family and trees | exactly - xxx an [...] flat of grass only with [...] | water too dark, the level and water too much [...] as in line and quality."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.7627
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | cityscape | landscape | river | terrace
- Associated Places:
- Europe | France | Grande Terrasse de Saint Germain-en-Laye | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | Seine
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:51467
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