Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878, British

after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Colchester, Essex
Date:
1827-1838
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite; touched engraver's proof (3) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 17 3/8 inches (30.5 × 44.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 213 E.P. (3) (Same state as E.P. (2), but touched by Turner) | (10); in artist's hand, below image: "XXX | x Lines of the Hill too much seen tho they are laid the right way ^ | try an blend them but not by a cross line. x burnish the Sky round the sun &c &c don't top up | and try some [marks drawn] at XXX and I shall see how they will answer & be [...] & follow all my pencil marks | with the trees on the Castle Hill"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6882
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape (representation) | cityscape | castle | river
Associated Places:
Colchester Castle | England | Essex | Colchester | Colne | United Kingdom
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. 21, no. 58, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17493