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Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, British, Fingal's Cave, Staffa, 1834
- Title:
Fingal's Cave, Staffa
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1834
- Medium:
- Line engraving; early engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 inches (21 × 15.2 cm), Chine collé: 4 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (11.7 × 14.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 512 E.P. (early)"; lower left: "Staffa Fingal's Cave- Engraver's Proof (1) before lines [...] low on left, and rocks on left softened." inscribed on verso in graphite: "Cave, Staffa"
Collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.7709
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- basalt | cave | landscape | ocean | rocks (landforms) | sea | water | waves (natural events)
- Associated Places:
- Argyll and Bute | Europe | Scotland | Staffa | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16563
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Sebastian Mitchell, Celtic Postmodernism : Ossian and Contemporary Art, , Translation and Literature, vol. 22, November 2013, pp. 422, 424, Available online (Orbis) Edinburgh Unisersity Press [ORBIS]
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