Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by J. P. Quilley, active 1828

after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Boccaccio, the Bird Cage
Date:
1830
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint; second published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 32 3/4 × 22 1/8 inches (83.2 × 56.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 797"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "11231 | 1C9 | 33 | 3107"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8346
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
John Gage, J.M.W. Turner: "a wonderful range of mind", Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, p. 147, fig. 223, NJ18 T85 G36 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31110