Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Château of Amboise
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite; touched engraver's proof (a) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 6 x 8 7/8in. (15.2 x 22.5cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: “R.438 (a)”; center left: “This wants more cross-work - not the little black | bits, - they do much harm - behind the light pieces | of paper which must be all | put down.”; lower left: “The same | more like layers of stone”; upper right: “There is so much of a drawn | line that if the same cannot | be rendered more gradated, | some light clouds must be | just burnished out”; center right: “too distanc’d”; lower center: Chateau of Amboise”; lower center: “too dark”; lower right: “Pray send me back all | my touched proofs”
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7483
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
château | bridge | river | architectural subject
Associated Places:
Château d'Amboise | Loire | Indre-et-Loire | Centre | Amboise | France | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Turner on the Loire (Tate Britain, 1997-09-30 - 1998-02-15)Turner on the Loire (Musée du Chateau, 1998-06-13 - 1998-09-14)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. 39, 42, no. 160, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)