Yale Center for British Art

Title:: G. W.'s transparencies : Tintern Abbey.
Alternate Title(s):: Tintern Abbey
Published / Created:: London : Published by Reeves and Sons, Cheapside : W. Morgan, 64, Hatton Garden : T. Fisher, 1, Hanway Street, Oxford Street : J. Reynolds, 174, Strand : and W. Wilson, Jun. 16, King William Street, City., [approximately 1840?]
Physical Description:: 1 print : lithograph, hand colored ; 19 x 15 cm, on mount 27 x 23 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA664.T5 T56 1840 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Prints
Notes:: Title and imprint are printed on caption adhered to mount.
Hand-colored print of the exterior of Tintern Abbey. When illuminated from beind there is a change from a daylight to an evening effect. The moon has have been pierced through and tissue paper pasted behind so that when the lithograph is held to the light the moon appears to shine.
Subject Terms:: Tintern Abbey -- Pictorial works. | Church architecture -- Wales. | Ruins.
Form/Genre:: Transparent prints. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1838. | Transparencies. | Recreations -- Great Britain.