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Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British, Plymouth, with Mount Batten, 1817
- Title:
- Plymouth, with Mount Batten
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Cooke's Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England
- Date:
- 1817
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 3/16 × 17 3/16 inches (31 × 43.7 cm), Plate: 9 1/4 × 11 15/16 inches (23.5 × 30.3 cm), Chine collé: 8 15/16 × 11 13/16 inches (22.7 × 30 cm), Image: 6 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (16.5 × 24.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.100."; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "([2]8"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "100. Early Eng.Pf .E.p2x"; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "(Previously E.P.1)"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Unfinished before p[...] of light | on hill to [...] of round [...] | Lights in cornfield [...]afterwards where | reduced in [structure]"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "AW | Soth.7 21st Nov 1922 lot 223 | Shores & Hughes Coll."
Collector's mark: A. Wallis (not in Lugt)
Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.M.W. Turner R.A. | Plymouth from Mount Batten."; lettered, lower right: "by W.B.Cooke 1817."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6624
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- churches | citadel | cityscape | marine art | martello tower | sound
- Associated Places:
- Charles Church | Devon | England | Europe | Minster Church of St. Andrew | Mount Batten Tower | Plymouth | Plymouth Sound | The Royal Citadel | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15909
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