Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, British

after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Fingal's Cave, Staffa
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving; early engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 512 E.P. (early)"; lower left: "Staffa Fingal's Cave- Engraver's Proof (1) before lines [...] low on left, and rocks on left softened." inscribed on verso in graphite: "Cave, Staffa"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7709
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
water | cave | basalt | sea | ocean | rocks (landforms) | landscape | waves (natural events)
Associated Places:
Staffa | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Sebastian Mitchell, Celtic Postmodernism : Ossian and Contemporary Art, , Translation and Literature, vol. 22, November 2013, pp. 422, 424, Available online (Orbis) Edinburgh Unisersity Press
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16563