Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:: Plymouth, with Mount Batten
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)
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."
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:: cityscape | churches | citadel | martello tower | marine art | sound
Associated Places:: Plymouth Sound | The Royal Citadel | Minster Church of St. Andrew | Charles Church | Plymouth | Mount Batten Tower | Devon | England | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:: Not on view
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15909