Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
Title:
Views in Sussex : consisting of the most interesting landscape and marine scenery in the Rape of Hastings / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., illustrated by historical descriptions ; the plates engraved by W.B. Cooke, and published under the auspices of John Fuller, esq. of Rose Hill ; the scientific and explanatory notices of the drawings by R.R. Reinagle, A.R.A.
Published / Created:
London : Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, and W.B. Cooke, Judd Place East, New Road, 1819.
Physical Description:
[4], 20, [10] pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 54 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2024 7
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title on publisher's printed portfolio: Views in Sussex drawn by I.M.W. Turner, R.A. and engraved by W.B. Cooke with historical descriptions. With an allegorical design etched by Turner in collaboration with James C. Allen.

Two parts were intended, but only the first part was published.

The work is dedicated by W.B. Cooke to "John Fuller, Esq., Of Rose Hill, In The County Of Sussex."

The 11 plates comprises the five views, five title plates preceding each view, and a map of the Rape of Hastings, engraved by J. Cross after Thos. Allason.

"Proofs. £4, 10s."--Printed wrappers.

Rawlinson, W.G. Engraved work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 129-133

Hermann, L. Turner prints, pages 90-94

Includes two printed slips, not counted in pagination: [1] an announcement that Turner's Hastings from the sea will appear in part two; [2] a list of the engravings in part one.

BAC Folio B 2024 7: In publisher's original printed wrappers and contemporary portfolio with publisher's printed title label. Partially disbound. With an additional (unfinished?) version of the Vale of Ashburnham, laid in.
Contents:
Battle Abbey -- Brightling Observatory -- The Vale of Ashburnham -- Pevensey Bay, from Crowhurst Park --The Vale of Heathfield.
Subject Terms:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. | Sussex (England) -- Pictorial works. | Sussex (England) -- History.
Form/Genre:
Etchings.
Contributors:
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855, engraver, publisher. | Allen, James C., active 1821–1831, engraver. | Murray, John, 1778–1843, publisher. | Fuller, John, 1757–1834, dedicatee.