Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Margate, Kent
Date:
1831
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 263. (E.P. touched) (2)"; upper center: 'Touched proof by Turner"; center: "There wants gradation there & don't put any cross lines. Pray take care of the sky | for it is very well"; lower left: "Should have both | drawn lines - thus"; lower left: "Corn" and "not Grav'd"; lower center, extensive inscriptions ending: "The Print looks better than the India because the Lights [...] cleared"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7021
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)
Publications:
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 23, no. 73, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)