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Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854, British, A Classical City, 1816
- Title:
- A Classical City
- Date:
- 1816
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (16.8 × 22.5 cm), Image: 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (14 × 21 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Martin"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Martin, John: | Classical City"
Lettered below image, lower left: "J Martin. 1816"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.34.8
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18330
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Picturesque and Sublime - Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance (Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 2018-04-29 - 2018-11-04) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Darkness Visible - The Prints of John Martin (Clark Art Institute, 1986-09 - 1987-07-21) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Timothy J. Barringer, Picturesque and sublime : Thomas Cole's trans-Atlantic inheritance, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018, pp. 126-7, no. 19, NJ18 .C67 B37 2018 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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