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- Title:
A Shipwreck
- Date:
- 1806
- Medium:
- Mezzotint with graphite and watercolor; engraver's proof (b) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 24 3/4 × 35 inches (62.9 × 88.9 cm), Plate: 23 3/8 × 32 1/2 inches (59.4 × 82.6 cm), Image: 23 1/4 × 32 3/8 inches (59.1 × 82.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Touched by J M W Turner esqr. Jany 10, 1806"
Lettered inside image, lower center: "London, Pub'd July 1st, 1806, by C. Turner, No 50 Warren Strt Fitzroy Square"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8254
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30834
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