Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:: Plymouth from Mount Batten
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, drypoint, and plate tone, with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 17 3/16 inches (31 × 43.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.100."; upper right: "28"; lower left: "100. Early Eng. Pf. E.P. 2x"; lower center: "(Previously E.P. 1)"; lower right: "Unfinished before patches of light | on hill to L. of round Tower. | Lights in cornfield l. L. afterwards were | reduced in stregnth &c."; inscribed in on verso graphite, lower left: "AW | Soth.7 21st Nov 1922 lot 223 | Shores & Hughes Coll."
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.6624
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: cityscape | churches | citadel | martello tower | marine art | sound
Associated Places:: Plymouth Sound | The Royal Citadel | Minster Church of St. Andrew | Charles Church | Plymouth | Mount Batten Tower | Devon | England | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:: Not on view
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15909