- Title:
- Colchester, Essex
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1827-1838
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving, with graphite; touched engraver's proof (3) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 × 17 3/8 inches (30.5 × 44.1 cm), Image: 6 1/2 × 9 inches (16.5 × 22.9 cm), Plate: 10 3/8 × 11 5/8 inches (26.4 × 29.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 213 E.P. (3) (Same state as E.P. (2), but touched by Turner) | (10); in artist's hand, below image: "XXX | x Lines of the Hill too much seen tho they are laid the right way ^ | try an blend them but not by a cross line. x burnish the Sky round the sun &c &c don't top up | and try some [marks drawn] at XXX and I shall see how they will answer & be [...] & follow all my pencil marks | with the trees on the Castle Hill"
Turner sale mark: J. M. W. Turner (Lugt 1498a)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6882
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- castle | cityscape | landscape (representation) | river
- Associated Places:
- Colchester | Colchester Castle | Colne | England | Essex | United Kingdom
- 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:17493
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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. 21, no. 58, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]