Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882, Britishrelated to Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Front of Wrapper for the Prose of Sir Walter Scott, Part Three
Date:
1834 to 1836
Materials & Techniques:
Letterpress
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, upper left: "Proofs, on India Paper, before letters."; lettered, upper right: "Columbier Quarto £1.15s."; lettered, upper center: "A NEW SERIES | OF | ORIGINAL ILLUSRATIONS | BY | J.M.W. TURNER, R.A. | TO ALL EDITIONS OF | PROSE WORKS | OF | SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART."; lettered, center: "PART III. | Contents."; lettered, left center: "Chiefswood's Cottage | Rhymer's Glen | Edinburgh | Dunfermline | Stirling | Craigmillar Castle | Dunstaffnage | Linlithgow | Glencoe | Killiecrankie | Inverness | Fort Augustus | Rouen | Calais | Chateau D'Arc | Abbeville"; lettered, center right: "W. Miller. | W. Miller. | W. Miller. | J. Horsburgh. | W. Miller. | W. Miller. | W.Miller. | W.Miller. | W.Miller. | W. Miller. | W.Miller. W.Miller. | W. Richardson. | J. Horsburgh. | W. Forrest. | J.Horsburgh."; lettered, center: "PERIODICAL CRITICISM. | TALES | OF A | GRANDFATHER."; lettered, lower center: "LONDON: | HODGSON AND GRAVES, 6 PALL MALL; AND | ROBERT CADELL, EDINBURGH. | 1837."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection