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James Charles Armytage, 1802–1897, British, Approach to Venice, between 1859 and 1861
- Title:
Approach to Venice
- Date:
- between 1859 and 1861
- Medium:
- Etching and line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 × 12 3/4 inches (22.9 × 32.4 cm), Image: 7 × 10 inches (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "St. Benedetto looking towards Fusina R.A. 1843"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "St. Benedetto looking towards Fusina R.A."; lower center: "(St. Benedetto was a mistake of Turner's)"; lower right: "(Southbourne June 44)"
Blind embossed: The Printsellers' Association, "LBY" (Lugt 2051)
Lettered below image, lower left: "J.M.W. TURNER R.A. PINXT."; lower center: "APPROACH TO VENICE. | FROM THE PICTURE IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY"; lower right: "J.C. ARMYTAGE, SCULPT."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13887
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:39375
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Franny Moyle, Turner : The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J.M.W. Turner, New York, 2016, p. 414, NJ18 T85 M79 2016 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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