Print made by William Radclyffe, 1780–1855, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Blenheim, Oxfordshire
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (31.1 × 44.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.270 (a)"; lower left: "Blenheim | 7 | 14 | (1)"; lower center: "The sky is too heavy. If you burnish it lighter do it in rays and extend No. 1 fainter and | fainter down to the water, the bridge being too dark | The Ground by the road fill in with dots in the dark parts and front of the Grass. Some / / / | Ask Mr. MacQueen to send two - one full, the other lighter next time for the Impressions seem dark | I shall not mark the Drawing Again"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "3 | P / ix/ "
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7042
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | gate | bridge | river | park | palace | sporting art | landscape
Associated Places:
Blenheim Park | Woodstock Gate | The Grand Bridge | Blenheim Palace | Glyme | Woodstock | England | United Kingdom | Oxfordshire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)
Publications:
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 24, no. 77, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)