Etched and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Junction of Severn and Wye
Date:
1811
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, aquatint, and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; First published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 × 16 1/4 inches (27.9 × 41.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "28.I"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "R.28. I Meeting of the Severn + Wye"; 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:
B1977.14.8138
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, pp. 14-15, no. 23, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 3, no. 9, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)