Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876, British, St. Germains, 1835
- Title:
- St. Germains
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1835
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving, with graphite, scraping out, and red chalk or gouache; touched engraver's proof (b) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 480 (b) (touched) (5)"; lower center: "Village by the Bank of river | Mills"; lower center: "Kind of Rocks for X"; lower left: "I have put the touches in Red. & Hills the Lights are all to much alike."; lower right: "[...] out if you can keep the work [...] | Therefore [...] follow any touches, but do not | on any account make dark [...]"; along right margin: "The touched proofs send back to me / the [...] is wanting. | xx and [...] the Frame give to Mr. Heath."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.7629
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | cityscape | landscape | river | terrace
- Associated Places:
- Europe | France | Grande Terrasse de Saint Germain-en-Laye | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | Seine
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:51469
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