Print made by Charles Turner, 1774–1857, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
A Shipwreck
Date:
1806
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint with graphite and watercolor; engraver's proof (b) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 3/4 × 35 inches (62.9 × 88.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Touched by J M W Turner esqr. Jany 10, 1806"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8254
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29)Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)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)
Publications:
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, pp. 26-7, 45, no. 84, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)