Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882, Britishrelated to Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Front of Wrapper for The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Part Two (two copies)
Date:
1836
Materials & Techniques:
Letterpress
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, upper left: Proofs, before letters,"; lettered, upper right: "Colombier Quarto, I1.15s."; lettered, upper center: "A NEW SERIES | OF | ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS, | BY | J.M.W. TURNER, R.A. | TO ALL EDITIONS OF | THE PROSE WORKS | OF | SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART."; lettered, center: "PART II. | Contents. LIFE OF NAPOLEON"; lettered, left center: "Placezza. | Verona | Vincennes. | St. Cloud. | Mayence. | Milan. | Simplon. | Paris. | Malmaison. | Fontainbeau. | Field of Waterloo. | The Bellerophon."; lettered, right center: "W. Miller. | W. Miller. | W. Miller | W. Miller. | W. Miller. | J. Horseburgh. | W. Miller | W. Miller. | W. Miller. | W. Miller. | W. Miller. | W. Miller."; lettered, lower center: "LONDON: | HODGSON AND GRAVES, 6 PALL MALL; AND | ROBERT CADELL, EDINBURGH. | 1836."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection