Print made by William Radclyffe, 1780–1855, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Blenheim, Oxfordshire
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof (a)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.270 (a)"; center: "2 3 2 1 2 3" lower left: "Blenheim"; lower center: "The sky is too heavy. If you burnish it lighter do it in rays and [in line] No. 1 faintly and | faintly [...] to the water, the bridge way too dark | The ground by the road fell in with the sky in the dark parts of the [rays to me] | [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7042
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | gate | bridge | river | park | palace | sporting art | landscape
Associated Places:
Blenheim Park | Woodstock Gate | The Grand Bridge | Blenheim Palace | Glyme | Woodstock | England | United Kingdom | Oxfordshire
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. 24, no. 77, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)