Print made by Joseph C. Bentley, 1809–1851, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Rievaulx Abbey
Date:
1834-1856
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 15 1/8 inches (29.8 × 38.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "O O O Marks in Clouds taken away and at X X made into light Edges | Distant hills the same down to light all below soften'd | Work of Abby made closer particulary the dark side and the front. Arches [...] | opposite - ditto Bridge very close"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "Rievaulx | v / v / o"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7883
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
bridge | river | abbey | landscape (representation)
Associated Places:
Rievaulx Bridge | Rievaulx Abbey | Rye | Rievaulx | England | United Kingdom | North Yorkshire