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Entrance to Fowey Harbour, Cornwall / Picturesque views in England and Wales

• Object type

  • print

• Museum number

  1894,0226.31

• Title (object)

  • Entrance to Fowey Harbour, Cornwall

  Title (series)

  • Picturesque views in England and Wales

• Description

  Part V, No. 1. Coastal scene in storm, with wreck of ship in the right foreground, some survivors sitting on the shore, waves crashing against tower behind, boats on the left rescuing other survivors in the sea, further boats in the left background; after JMW Turner (Wilton 801); early engraver's proof. 1829
  Etching and engraving, printed on chine collé

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• Producer name

  • Print made by: William Richard Smith
  • After: Joseph Mallord William Turner

• School/style

  • British

• Date

  • 1829

• Materials

  • paper

• Technique

  • etching
  • engraving

• Dimensions

  • Height: 260 millimetres
  • Width: 315 millimetres

• Curator's comments

  See 1850,0112.15 for the series.

• Bibliography

  • Rawlinson 1913 225 (engraver's proof)

• Location

  Not on display (British Masters Portfolio)

• Subjects

  • storm
  • shipwreck
  • coastal scene

• Associated places

  • Topographic representation of: Fowey
  • (Europe,United Kingdom,England,Cornwall,Fowey)

• Acquisition name

  • Donated by: John Edward Taylor

• Acquisition date

  1894

• Department

  Prints & Drawings

• Registration number

  1894,0226.31