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Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852, British, Alum Bay and the Needles, 1799
- Title:
Alum Bay and the Needles
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1799
- Medium:
- Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 7/8 inches (38.4 × 55.6 cm), Plate: 9 7/8 × 13 inches (25.1 × 33 cm), Image: 7 3/8 × 10 inches (18.7 × 25.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 37"
Collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
Lettered, lower left: "J.M.W. Turner"; lettered, lower right: "J. Landseer | Alum Bay & the Needles"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6513
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baby | beach | boat | bush | Chalk (rock) | clay | cliff | clouds | construction | house | landscape | man | net | pulling | rope | sailboat | sand | sea | seagull | shoreline | silica sand | tidal wave | woman
- Associated Places:
- Alum Bay | England | English Channel | Isle of Wight | The Needles | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15702
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