Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851

after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Richmond, Yorkshire
Date:
1818-1823
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with chine collé and graphite; touched engraver's proof on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 9/16 × 20 1/8 inches (39.5 × 51.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R | 169"; lower left: "169 E.P.1. (not in R.) | Very fine | with pencil X s by Turner. Remarks [indently] cut away | Engravers Proof. [Nu] lights -on the water scraped out brighter - before bright lights on small figure on left bank, on small fall on extreme left, etc"; lower right: "A Wallis | No.2"; lower center: "[In] all [pencil] & under [tree] c. & toward [...] under church"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "p/ay-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6779
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
waterfall | church | castle | river | architectural subject | cityscape | landscape (representation)
Associated Places:
Richmond Falls | Richmond | Richmond Castle | Swale | Church of St. Mary the Virgin | North Yorkshire | England | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16129