Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, British

after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British

after drawing by Major George Francis White, active 1845–1848, British

Title:

Rocks at Colgong on the Ganges

Date:

1836

Materials & Techniques:

Etching and line engraving, with graphite; touched engraver's proof on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (29.2 × 41 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 612"; center right: "Rock more | close work"; lower right: "Sky too heavy. Yet too much white paper"; lower left to lower center: "Rocks at Colgong on the Ganges - Engraver's Proof touched by Turner & written on"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B2020.2.8

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Associated Places:

Kahalgaon

Currently On View:

Not on view

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:82436