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Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Title:
The Simplon
Additional Title(s):
Title-page Vignette to 'Life of Napoleon'
Part Of:

Collective Title: Scott's Prose Works

Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 × 11 3/8 inches (43.2 × 28.9 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 inches (21 × 15.2 cm), Image: 4 1/2 × 3 1/4 inches (11.4 × 8.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R.535"; lower right: "19 Simplon Scotts Prose Works - Finished Proof"

Collector's mark: Unidentified, blind embossed griffin in oval (not in Lugt); collector's mark: W. G. Rawlinson (Lugt 2624)

Lettered, lower left: "J.M.W. Turner, R.A."; lettered, lower right: "W.Miller."; lettered, lower center: "Edinburgh, Published by Robert Cadell; & Moon, Boys, & Graves, London."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7780
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:51549
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