Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Santa Sabas and the Brook Kidron
Date:
1835-1836
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving, with graphite and white chalk; touched engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 inches (21.9 × 30.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 578 (a)"; upper left: "Closer work on clouds"; center left: "Shadow & Dark all too | Equal and the whole rather too | splitted and broken"; lower left: "Work not to be [...]"; lower left: "Wilderness of Engedi and Convent of Santa Saba | Touched proof with Turner's writing 2/15"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection