Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British, Fowey, Cornwall, 1820
- Title:
- Fowey, Cornwall
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Cooke's Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England
- Date:
- 1820
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 5/8 inches (26.7 × 37.1 cm), Plate: 9 × 12 inches (22.9 × 30.5 cm), Chine collé: 8 7/8 × 11 7/8 inches (22.5 × 30.2 cm), Image: 6 1/4 × 9 7/8 inches (15.9 × 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.109."; upper right: "37"; lower left: "E.P.2. | R. 109 | Eng. Pt. (b) - Before ropes on boat, tugging the on ship, before many lights in sky, on waves on left [...] streams of spray on rocks on right."; lower right: "Unfinished"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "Ex H.P. Mellor Coll. | [...] | 29.4.21 | [...]"; lower center: "AW"; lower right: "More lights in sky then lights introduced on rocks [...] afterwards was more light in spray below the water. | IR74/3619"
Collector’s mark: A. Wallis (not in Lugt)
Letter below image: "Drawn by J.M.W. Turner R.A. | Fowey, Cornwall | Engraved by W.B. Cooke 1820."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6646
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- castle | channel (water body component) | landscape (representation) | marine art | river | watchtowers
- Associated Places:
- Cornwall | English Channel | Europe | Fowey | Fowey Blockhouse | Fowey River | Polruan Blockhouse | St. Catherine's Castle | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15936
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