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Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876, British, Decline of Carthage, between 1859 and 1861
- Title:
- Decline of Carthage
- Date:
- between 1859 and 1861
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/4 × 12 7/8 inches (23.5 × 32.7 cm), Image: 7 × 9 7/8 inches (17.8 × 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left": "R.710"; lower right: "R.A. 1817"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: " "The decline of the Carthage Empire" (with historical note & six lines of Turner's verse)"
Lettered below image, lower left: "J.M.W. TURNER R.A. PINXT.; "DECLINE OF CARTHAGE. | FROM THE PICTURE IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY | LONDON, JAMES S. VIRTUE."; lower right: "J.B. ALLEN, SCULPT."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13849
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | religious and mythological subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:39244
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