Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, BritishEngraved by Charles Turner, 1774–1857, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
The Drawing of the Clyde
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink First published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 17 1/2 inches (30.5 × 44.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "18"; lower left: "18 I"; lower right: "DVC. V"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "18/1"; lower left: "R 18.I. Fall of the Clyde"; lower center: "Cotswold Gallery. 1924. ex G.E.Blood"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8120
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
light | cascade | nudes | women | river
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29)Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19)Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20)Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 19, no. 154, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)