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Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British, The Mew Stone. Entrance of Plymouth Sound, 1815
- Title:
The Mew Stone. Entrance of Plymouth Sound
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Cooke's Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England
- Date:
- 1815
- Medium:
- Etching and engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 × 16 5/16 inches (27.9 × 41.4 cm), Plate: 8 15/16 × 11 15/16 inches (22.7 × 30.3 cm), Chine collé: 8 7/8 × 11 3/4 inches (22.5 × 29.8 cm), Image: 6 1/4 × 9 7/16 inches (15.9 × 24 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R.97"; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Engraver's Proof"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "Engravers proof (rare in this state)"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "£220 | (Bloomsbury, [...] Aug 48"
Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.M.W. Turner. Esq. R.A. | The Mew Stone. Entrance of Plymouth Sound."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by W.B. Cooke 1815."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13242
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bay (body of water) | island | sound
- Associated Places:
- Devon | England | Europe | Great Mew Stone | Plymouth Sound | United Kingdom | Wembury Bay
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:36886
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