Print made by Charles Turner, 1774–1857, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Okehampton Castle on the River Okement
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and line engraving; Turner's copy on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 inches (34.9 × 50.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite upper left: "J.M.W.T with rays on left in woods | 758 B"; lower left: "One of Turner's own copies- | More [...] faint rays of light added diagonally downward just above mass of dark trees on extreme left - Faint small horizontal rays added above and left of castle | Rivers of England | Plate 10"; lower center: "Okehampton Castle on the River Okement."; lower right: "C. Turner 1825"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection