James Mason, 1710–1783, British, Matlock High-Torr, 1766
- Title:
- Matlock High-Torr
- Date:
- 1766
- Materials & Techniques:
- Hand-colored engraving and etching
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 5/8 x 22 3/8in. (39.7 x 56.8cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: Below image at center "Matlock High Torr &c./ The River Derwent runs at the bottom of this Vast Rock, whose perpendicular height above the Water is 354 feet./ Pub Dec.r 1766 by T. Smith"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13129
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37681
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Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, pp. 15, 16, no. 117, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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