Print made by James Charles Armytage, 1802–1897, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Approach to Venice
Date:
between 1859 and 1861
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 12 3/4 inches (22.9 × 32.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "St. Benedetto looking towards Fusina R.A. 1843"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "St. Benedetto looking towards Fusina R.A."; lower center: "(St. Benedetto was a mistake of Turner's)"; lower right: "(Southbourne June 44)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.13887
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Franny Moyle, Turner : The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J.M.W. Turner, Penguin Books, New York, 2016, p. 414, NJ18 T85 M79 2016 (YCBA)