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Creator:
Print made by John Pye, 1782–1874
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Title:
Ehrenbreitstein
Additional Title(s):
Ehrenbreitstein, and Lines from Byron's 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'
Part Of:

Collective Title: The Literary Souvenir

Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, two plates; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 9/16 × 12 1/8 inches (44.6 × 30.8 cm), Plate: 5 × 7 5/8 inches (12.7 × 19.4 cm), Plate: 3 7/8 × 6 3/8 inches (9.8 × 16.2 cm), Image: 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches (7 × 10.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.317a(a.)"; lower left: "(1 | Ehrenbreitstein - | Engravers proof (a)"; lower center: "From John Pye to his friend George Cooke"

Collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)

Letterd, center: "Here Ehrenbreitstein with her shattered wall | ____________, upon her height | Yet shows of what she was, when shell and ball | Rebounding idly on her strength did light | A tower of victory! From whence the flight | Of baffled foes was watch'd along the plain | But Peace destroy'd what War could never blight | And laid those proud roofs bare to Summer's rain --- | On which the iron shower for years had pour'd in vain. | Childe Harold Canto III | *It was blown up by the French at the truce of Leoben."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7151
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
castle | church | cityscape | landscape (representation) | river
Associated Places:
Basilica of St. Castor | Ehrenbreitstein, Feste | Germany | Koblenz | Mosel | Philippsburg Castle | Rheinland-Pfalz
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17400
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