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Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851, Richmond Hill and Bridge, Surrey, 1832
- Title:
- Richmond Hill and Bridge, Surrey
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1832
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving with graphite; touched engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 × 17 1/8 inches (30.5 × 43.5 cm), Plate: 9 1/4 × 12 inches (23.5 × 30.5 cm), Chine collé: 8 7/8 × 11 3/4 inches (22.5 × 29.8 cm), Image: 6 1/4 × 9 inches (15.9 × 22.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R 257(b)"; lower left: "Richmond Hill and Bridge"; in artist's hand in graphite, center left: "Talbot | King's Head | Dr. Smith | to Bridge"; lower center: "Until the whole labor of Sky and Ground be toned down by more Work (with the graver) the other parts have | not their true value"
Collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.7005
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bridge (built work) | genre subject | hill | picnic | umbrellas
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17181
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Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 23, no. 69, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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