Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British

Engraved by Charles Turner, 1774–1857, British

after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British

Title:

Ships in a Breeze

Date:

1808

Materials & Techniques:

Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; engraver's proof (f) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 inches (21.9 × 30.5 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "10. E.P. (f)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Cotswold Gallery, 1924, ex G.E.Blood"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.8107

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

sailboats | wind | sea | clouds | waves (natural events)

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. 15, no. 16, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)

Sam Smiles, The late works of J. M. W. Turner : the artist and his critics, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2020, p. 204, fig. 124, NJ18.t85 S655 2020 Oversize (YCBA)

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26130