Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Joseph C. Bentley, 1809–1851, British

after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Rievaulx Abbey
Date:
1834-1856
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof
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"
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
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16648