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 from Mount Batten
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, Engraver's proof (touched) on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 5/8 inches (26.5 × 37.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, center left: "[200p] houses T.C. | sea [...]"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R.100 E.P. 2. Touched proof | unfinished"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "29"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "R100 |100. Eng Pf.3"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "A.W | Touched by Turner (m pencil, reflection of rocks in distance on extreme left, roff of houses in centre, er.)"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.6625
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:15910