Download/Print Selected Image
Copy Caption to clipboard
Print made by Charles Cousen, ca. 1819–1889, British, The Opening of the Walhalla, between 1859 and 1861
- Title:
The Opening of the Walhalla
- Date:
- between 1859 and 1861
- Medium:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 7/8 inches (22.2 × 32.7 cm), Image: 5 7/8 × 10 3/8 inches (14.9 × 26.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R. 746"; lower right: "R.A. 1843"; insribed in graphite on verso, lower left: "The opening of the Walhalla 1842. ‘L’honneur au Roi de Bavière"; lower right: "with 8 lines from Turner's Fallacies of Hope"
Lettered below images, lower left: "J.M.W. TURNER R.A. PINXT."; lower center: "THE OPENING OF THE WALHALLA. | FROM THE PICTURE IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY | LONDON JAMES S. VIRTUE"; lower right: "C. COUSEN, SCULPT."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13886
- 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:39373
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
If you have information about this object that may be of assistance please contact us.