Print made by James Tibbits Willmore, 1800–1863, British, Ancient Italy, 1842
- Title:
- Ancient Italy
- Date:
- 1842
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving, with graphite, white chalk, and scraping out; touched engraver's proof (a) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 26 3/4 × 38 1/2 inches (67.9 × 97.8 cm), Plate: 20 3/8 × 26 1/8 inches (51.8 × 66.4 cm), Image: 19 5/8 × 25 1/2 inches (49.8 × 64.8 cm), Chine collé: 17 × 23 5/8 inches (43.2 × 60 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "657(a) | Engraver's touched proof very rare"; lower left: "Engraver's Proof. Unfinished, with sketch by Turner in margin and varous touchings."; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "al No.2"
Stamped number: 63133
Lettered below image: "Painted by J. M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A. | Etched by J. T. Willmore"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8047
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cityscape | river
- Associated Places:
- Italy | Rome | Tiber
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25982
- Export:
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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. 45, no. 191, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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