Print made by William Richardson, active 1842–1877, British, Ashestiel (Vignette), 1854 reprint
- Title:
- Ashestiel (Vignette)
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1854 reprint
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 inches (19.7 × 12.7 cm), Image: 4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.2 × 8.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R.506 | Ashestiel. a copy of the plate in the 1834 edition of Scott's Poems/ another engraver"
Lettered above image, upper center: "Marmion: | A Tale of Flodden | Field."; lower left: "J.M.W. Turner R.A."; lower center: "It was here, while meditating his verses he used | to stray | And waste the solitary day | In plucking from yon fen the reed. | And watch it floating down the Tweed | Life, Vol. III. page 7. | ADAM & CHARLES BLACK EDINBURGH | MDCCCLV"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13660
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- estate | hills | landscape (representation) | river
- Associated Places:
- Ashiestiel | Ashiestiel House | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Tweed
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:39540
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