Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Saltash, Cornwall
Date:
ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; 1st published state, engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 7/16 inches (24.9 × 31.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.218 E.P. | Saltash"; lower center: "[is not good of the ...view ... or now filled in | The brad reff, too much make ale gow as ... ... more upright | and quiet the water as xxx with more unburn... lll ... | off the cornish stormy ... ...]"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "6924"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6903
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
river | military art | marine art | cityscape
Associated Places:
United Kingdom | England | Cornwall | Saltash | Tamar
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29)Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 21, no. 63, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)Robert Verhoogt, Art in reproduction, nineteenth-century prints after Lawrence Alma-tadema, Jozef Israels and Ary Scheffer , Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2007, p. 196, fig. 22, N8580 V4413 2007 (YCBA)