- Title:
- Nineveh, Moussul on the Tigris
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Finden's Landscape Illustrations to the Bible
- Date:
- 1835-1836
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 585"; lower left: "Engraver's Proof with Turners | written instructions | 3/10/ | Neneveh - Proof with Turners | writing - Before the Rays"; lower center: extensive inscription in Turner's hand, beginning: "Sir, I touched the last (adding a flash of Lightning to save you trouble) which you have not accepted nor not taken any notice of. I wish to have all my touched proofs returned to me and always such wile touching the prints in progress. - In regard to the effect it is all too strong for the Drawing, except the foreground"
Turner sale mark: J. W. M. Turner (Lugt 1498); collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.7904
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- landscape (representation) | river
- Associated Places:
- Iraq | Mosul | Nineveh | Tigris
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16661
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Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 37, no. 145, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]