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Print made by William John Cooke, 1797–1865, Irish, The Thames at Mortlake, 1836-1838
- Title:
- The Thames at Mortlake
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1836-1838
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving, with graphite, scraping out, and chine-collé; touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 × 11 7/8 inches (43.2 × 30.2 cm), Plate: 9 × 6 inches (22.9 × 15.2 cm), Image: 2 3/8 × 3 1/8 inches (6 × 7.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center: "The sky round the sun lighter | tho' not in circles as far as the chalk | but not down to the horizon. | Thus to make the | sky less flat - but do not impoverish your work - | Piece of water at the top edge of the wall quite white. Do in more closely the Trees above the Sun | before you burnish the Light"; lower left: "The Thames at Mortlake - Proof written on by Turner | No. 3 | from J D Harding's collection"
Collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
Lettered below image, lower left: "J.M.W. Turner R.A."; lower right: "W.J. Cooke"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8008
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- landscape (representation) | river
- Associated Places:
- Greater London | Mortlake | Richmond | Thames
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25827
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