Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Modern Italy
Date:
1842
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof (a) on thick, sightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 × 27 7/8 inches (55.9 × 70.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Make this into | a Bird's nest with Eggs"; lower left: "You will see I have lowered the White Clouds | and all the paper by Hor. lines If the chalked sky | cannot be done I must advise the darkening of the left hand upper corner and gradually down | to get more gradation in the whole Sky - The whole of the paper excepting the Smoke and Road | of the Campagna I have done by Dots and divided most of the light forms | into 2 or more, and make it all more flat which gives more value to your front and middle work"; lower center: "Sky | From Mountains, Whole paper"; lower right: "Refer to the first proof for the broken bough"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)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, pp. 8, 46-47, no. 194, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)