Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
St. Germains
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite, scraping out, and red chalk or gouache; touched engraver's proof (b) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 480 (b) (touched) (5)"; lower center: "Village by the Bank of river | Mills"; lower center: "Kind of Rocks for X"; lower left: "I have put the touches in Red. & Hills the Lights are all to much alike."; lower right: "[...] out if you can keep the work [...] | Therefore [...] follow any touches, but do not | on any account make dark [...]"; along right margin: "The touched proofs send back to me / the [...] is wanting. | xx and [...] the Frame give to Mr. Heath."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7629
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
terrace | cityscape | architectural subject | landscape | river
Associated Places:
Seine | Grande Terrasse de Saint Germain-en-Laye | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | France | Europe