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

Collective Title: Scott's Prose Works

Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with chine collé, graphite, and scraping out; touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 8 1/2 inches (33.7 × 21.6 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 inches (21 × 15.2 cm), Image: 3 5/8 × 3 inches (9.2 × 7.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "Falling Star"; center left: "off lightly | close work, the | [...]"; lower left: "close work"; center right: "Row of Torches | Glow"; lower left: "538"

Lettered, lower left: "Turner, R.A."; lettered, lower right: "W. Miller."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7786
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:51552
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Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, pp. 8, 36, no. 137, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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