Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British, Plymouth Dock from Mount Edgecumbe, 1816
- Title:
- Plymouth Dock from Mount Edgecumbe
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Cooke's Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England
- Date:
- 1816
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving; first published state on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 × 17 1/4 inches (27.9 × 43.8 cm), Plate: 9 × 12 inches (22.9 × 30.5 cm), Image: 6 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (16.2 × 24.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.99"
Watermark; collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.M.W.Turner, R.A. | Plymouth Dock from Mount Edgecumbe"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by W.B.Cooke. 1816"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6619
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- estate | landscape (representation) | park | river
- Associated Places:
- Cornwall | Devon | England | Europe | Mount Edgcumbe Country Park Estate | Plymouth Sound | Tamar | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15904
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In 1811 William Bernard Cooke commissioned J. M. W. Turner to produce designs for Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England (1814-26), a series of line-engravings focusing on the area of the country most vulnerable to French attack, and celebrating the nation's military and economic strength. James Hakewill's views of Jamaica have close affinities with the Southern Coast engravings such as this one, and it seems extremely likely that Hakewill was familiar with the series. Gallery label for Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Timothy J. Barringer, Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2007, pp. 343-44, no. 69, N8243 S576 B37 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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