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Creator:
Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Title:
William Tell's Chapel
Additional Title(s):
Vignette to 'Meillerie'
Part Of:

Collective Title: Rogers's Italy

Date:
1830
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with chine collé; engraver's proof (b) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 12 7/8 inches (43.8 × 32.7 cm), Plate: 10 1/8 × 5 5/8 inches (25.7 × 14.3 cm), Chine collé: 10 7/8 × 5 3/8 inches (27.6 × 13.7 cm), Image: 2 7/8 × 3 1/2 inches (7.3 × 8.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "R349 (b)"; lower center: "Turner"; lower left: "2. Italy | 2. William Tell's Chapel- Proof with Engraver's name only before publication line"

Collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624); stamped number: 103066

Lettered below image: "Rob Wallis 1827"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7204
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
chapel | historical subject | lake | landscape (representation)
Associated Places:
Europe | Lucerne, Lake | Sisikon | Switzerland | Tellskapelle | Uri
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16968
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