Colchester
Maker
(artist)
1775-1851
(engraver)
1794-1878
(publisher)
1785-1848
(publisher)
(printer)
1775-1851
(engraver)
1794-1878
(publisher)
1785-1848
(publisher)
(printer)
Title
Colchester
Date of Production
6.1827
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Width: 29.7 cm
Width: 29.7 cm
Accession Number
G.2007.XX.2
Mode of Acquisition
Grosvenor Prints, purchase, 19 September 2007
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Colchester
Related Works
Label Text
Charles Heath’s twenty-four part Picturesque Views in England and Wales was the most ambitious engraving project with which Turner became involved in the 1820s and 1830s. Ninety-six of his watercolours were translated into prints by a team of engravers under his close supervision, their proofs often corrected and annotated by him.
On one proof of Colchester he requests the printmaker to ‘burnish the sky round the sun etc’. Turner’s frequent interventions ensured that only the highest quality engravings were made after his work.
On one proof of Colchester he requests the printmaker to ‘burnish the sky round the sun etc’. Turner’s frequent interventions ensured that only the highest quality engravings were made after his work.
Notes
Print of original drawing in the collection - see D.1974.STC.11
Provenance
Purchased from Grosvenor Prints, 19 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JN.
Exhibition History
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/2008-25/01/2009
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : centre lower margin & recto : : Colchester, / Essex. / London, Published June 1827, for the Proprietor, by Robert Jennings, Poultry //
Inscription: inscription : printed : left lower margin & recto : : Drawn by J.M.W. Turner R.A. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : right lower margin & recto : : Engraved by Rob.t Wallis. / Printed by McQueen. //
Inscription: inscription : pencil : right margin & recto : later inscription : vue de / ma fenetre [sic] //
Inscription: inscription : printed : left lower margin & recto : : Drawn by J.M.W. Turner R.A. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : right lower margin & recto : : Engraved by Rob.t Wallis. / Printed by McQueen. //
Inscription: inscription : pencil : right margin & recto : later inscription : vue de / ma fenetre [sic] //
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