Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
The Deluge
Date:
between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint; modern impression on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 1/4 inches (28.9 × 38.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "88"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "The Deluge | unpublished Liber | Engraved by J.M.W. Turner"; lower center: "Reprint from old Plate | in the 1870s | (from Colnaghi's Stock)"; lower right: "Meatyard Dec. 1923"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.13967
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cave | cliff | death | dog | horse (animal) | destruction | elephant (animal) | flood | giraffe | lightning | man | praying | rain | religious and mythological subject | storm | the flood and destruction of mankind ~ story of Noah (Genesis 7:10 - 8:17) | tidal wave | tree | water | woman
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Deluge (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-12-18 - 2019-03-24)American Artists Abroad (Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, 1985-06-02 - 1985-09-02)Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19)Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20)Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04)
Publications:
Franny Moyle, Turner : The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J.M.W. Turner, Penguin Books, New York, 2016, p. 222, NJ18 T85 M79 2016 (YCBA)