Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
A Swiss Valley
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (43.8 × 29.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center left: "Terrace of Vines"; center right: "Around the Sun rather rotten | Further Plain | Castle Hill Terraced with Vines"; lower center: "Julia: too dark NB one clear open line JULIA or if it [...] fill it in quite close | and burnish it lighter. Julia's name more seen"; lower left: "617 EP 1 Touched"; lower right: "Touched"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "The Susquihanah"; lower left: "Campbell's Poems"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection