Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, BritishFormerly attributed to William Miller, 1796–1882, British
Title:
Hotel de Ville, Paris
Date:
1834-1836
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and graphite with chine collé; touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (34.3 × 29.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 525 | Hotel de Ville, Paris - Engraver's Proof drawn and written on by Turner"; center: "Sky [...] | All lighter | allmost white [...]"; lower center: "the sky must be made all flat. The white paper taken away and the white reduced to a light tone, it doth no good to the Building but harm in its present state, and the whole of the Building not rich enough of Ornament (it looks in Nature like Lace), niches and figures between on the Second Story. Window dressings, tops and upper or garrett windows particularly rich, loaded with small ornaments and foliage. Large figures supported by the Clock, Sun-dial and Globe above. In short your building is too much cut up by lines, too much architecture mad out which makes it look poor instead of Rich"; center right: "I fear I must trouble you to send it to me again | J.M.W.T"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7759
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
city hall | square (open space) | bridge | architectural subject | cityscape
Associated Places:
Pont d'Arcole | Place de l'Ho^tel-de-ville | Hôtel de Ville, Paris | Paris | France | Île-de-France