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Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British, Plymouth from Mount Batten, 1817

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Creator:

Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Title:

Plymouth from Mount Batten

Part Of:

Collective Title: Cooke's Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England

Date:

1817

Medium:

Etching and engraving, Engraver's proof (touched) on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé

Dimensions:

Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 5/8 inches (26.5 × 37.1 cm), Plate: 9 × 11 7/8 inches (22.9 × 30.2 cm), Chine collé: 8 13/16 × 11 7/8 inches (22.4 × 30.2 cm), Image: 6 3/8 × 9 7/16 inches (16.2 × 24 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, center left: "[200p] houses T.C. | sea [...]"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R.100 E.P. 2. Touched proof | unfinished"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "29"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "R100 |100. Eng Pf.3"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "A.W | Touched by Turner (m pencil, reflection of rocks in distance on extreme left, roff of houses in centre, er.)"

Collector's mark: A. Wallis (not in Lugt)

Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.M.W. Turner R.A. | Plymouth from Mount Batten"; lettered, lower right: "by W.B. Cooke 1817."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.6625

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15910

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