Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Ships in a Breeze, 1808
- Title:
- Ships in a Breeze
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1808
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's proof (b) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 inches (21.9 × 30.5 cm), Plate: 8 × 11 1/2 inches (20.3 × 29.2 cm), Image: 7 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (18.1 × 26 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "28"
Collector's mark: Charles Stokes (Lugt 2758); collector’s mark: Mary Constance Clarke (Lugt 449)
Scratched lettering below image: "In the Possession of the Earl of Egremont"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8109
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26132
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