Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British, Plymouth from Mount Batten, 1817
- Title:
- Plymouth from Mount Batten
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Cooke's Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England
- Date:
- 1817
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving, Engraver's proof (touched) on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 5/8 inches (26.5 × 37.1 cm), Plate: 9 × 11 7/8 inches (22.9 × 30.2 cm), Chine collé: 8 13/16 × 11 7/8 inches (22.4 × 30.2 cm), Image: 6 3/8 × 9 7/16 inches (16.2 × 24 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "29"; center left: "Roofs houses T.C. | sea l.R. larger"; lower left: "R.100 E.P. 2. Touched proof | unfinished"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "R100 |100. Eng Pf.3"; lower center: "A.W | Touched by Turner (m pencil, reflection of rocks in distance on extreme left, roff of houses in centre, er.)"
Collector's mark: A. Wallis (not in Lugt)
Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.M.W. Turner R.A. | Plymouth from Mount Batten"; lettered, lower right: "by W.B. Cooke 1817."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6625
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- churches | citadel | cityscape | marine art | martello tower | sound
- Associated Places:
- Charles Church | Devon | England | Europe | Minster Church of St. Andrew | Mount Batten Tower | Plymouth | Plymouth Sound | The Royal Citadel | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15910
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