Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof touched on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/4 inches (29.8 × 43.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, starting lower left and moving along edge of sheet: "[...] in the sky rather too dark | [...] | a little more engraving [...] lifted [...] | [...] give together [...] striving | The buoy was lightened and obviously [...] that it looks like from grating with [...] [...] is the [...] far from [...] [...] or known little [...] | Black ocean [...] dark to make [...] sails the [...] vertical [...] [...] | [...] [...] [...] shorter on the waves."; inscribed on verso in black ink, center: "Edinburgh | Drummond Street | Engraver | WM Miller | 102; lower center: "WM Miller Drummond Street | Engraver | Edinburgh."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6679
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
tower (single built work) | cathedral | harbor | bay (body of water) | cityscape | marine art
Associated Places:
Square Tower | Portsmouth Cathedral | Portsmouth Harbor | Hampshire | Portsmouth | England | United Kingdom | Europe