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Print made by James Tibbits Willmore, 1800–1863, British, Bedford, Bedfordshire, 1831
- Title:
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1831
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving with graphite; touched engraver's proof (b) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 × 17 1/4 inches (30.5 × 43.8 cm), Plate: 9 3/8 × 12 1/8 inches (23.8 × 30.8 cm), Image: 6 3/8 × 9 1/8 inches (16.2 × 23.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 255 (b) | Vol I Pl 47"; lower left: "Bedford"; in Turner's hand, upper right: "All the Town | is too much made out | all the wite paper | must be taken away | and lights lower'd | but not like X | which appears stippled"; lower center: "The down lines in the water are too visible by passing across the | light parts, or too wide or too squarely to the other lines"; lower right: "I want the upper part of the Sun | slightly marked by burnishing, thus"; lower right: "No.1 | 10 £"
Turner sale mark: J.M.W. Turner (Lugt 1498); collector's mark: W.G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
Lettered, lower center: "J.T. Willmore."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6997
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bridge | church | cityscape | river
- Associated Places:
- Bedford | Bedford Town Bridge | Bedfordshire | England | Great Ouse | St. Paul's Church | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17173
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