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Etched and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Entrance of Calais Harbour, 1816
- Title:
Entrance of Calais Harbour
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1816
- Medium:
- Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's proof (d) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 × 16 3/4 inches (30.5 × 42.5 cm), Plate: 8 1/2 × 12 inches (21.6 × 30.5 cm), Image: 7 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (18.1 × 27 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "No.55"; lower left: "1st State"; lower right: "Rare"
Turner sale mark: J. M. W. Turner (Lugt 1498); collector’s mark: Earl George Cathcart (Lugt 483)
Lettered above image: "M"; below image: "Drawn Etched & Engraved by I.M.W.Turner. R.A. | ENTRANCE OF CALAIS HARBOUR. | Published Jany.1, 1816 by Mr.Turner, Queen Ann Street West"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8169
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- channel (water body component) | marine art
- Associated Places:
- Calais | Dover, Strait of | English Channel | France
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30559
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