Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Fowey, Cornwall
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 5/8 inches (26.7 × 37.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.109."; upper right: "37"; lower left: "E.P.2. | R. 109 | Eng. Pt. (b) - Before ropes on boat, tugging the on ship, before many lights in sky, on waves on left [...] streams of spray on rocks on right."; lower right: "Unfinished"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "Ex H.P. Mellor Coll. | [...] | 29.4.21 | [...]"; lower center: "AW"; lower right: "More lights in sky then lights introduced on rocks [...] afterwards was more light in spray below the water. | IR74/3619"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6646
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
watchtowers | castle | river | channel (water body component) | landscape (representation) | marine art
Associated Places:
Polruan Blockhouse | Fowey Blockhouse | St. Catherine's Castle | Fowey River | Fowey | Cornwall | English Channel | United Kingdom | Europe