Print made by Robert Brandard, 1805–1862, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Gosport, Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour
Date:
1831
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving, with graphite; touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/2 inches (29.8 × 44.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 252"; upper center: "All these parts are too apparent and speck-like | The more this part of the Sky is toned and Softened the | better. The whole light through to <...>"; lower left: "Gosport"; lower center: "Masonry for the Fort | large at the angle"; lower right: "The rigging of the Vessels all too thin.| XX Largest"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "9989";
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6990
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)
Publications:
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 23, no. 68, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)