Print made by S. Fisher, active 1831–1844after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Mount St. Michael, Cornwall
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving with graphite, scraping out, and chine-collé; touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/4 inches (29.8 × 43.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.304"; center left: "all the markings | in the Sky soften'd"; lower left: "all the Sand | full of dry point here | [...] the front"; center right: "all the line work [...] lost on the flat ground | under the ship"; lower center: "The Same"; lower left: "Touched proof with Turner's instructions"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "e/ eml/"; lower left: "6930"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection