Object types
print (all objects)
Title (series)
Liber Studiorum
Title (object)
Flint Castle - Vessels Unloading
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
mezzotint (scope note | all objects)
etching (scope note | all objects)
Production person
Print made by Charles Turner (biographical details | all objects)
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner (biographical details | all objects)
Production place
Published in London (scope note | all objects)
Date
1807
Schools /Styles
British (all objects)
Description
The seashore; a vessel unloading barrels onto carts drawn by horses on the right; men loading pack-horses on the beach on the left; a castle and two other vessels in the distance. 1807
Mezzotint and etching
Inscriptions
Inscription Content: Lettered above the image with the initial "M" 1/16" from the top of the plate; lettered below the image: "Published as the Act directs by J.M.W. Turner Harley Street", "Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner R.A." and "Engraved by C. Turner"; annotated on the verso in pen "3-1"
Dimensions
Height: 205 millimetres
Width: 287 millimetres
Curator's comments
For more details about the dating of this print see 1862,0809.139; Forrester notes that Turner's own title for this subject in his notebooks, was "French Coast", cf. G. Forrester, Exhibiton Catalogue, "Turner's 'Drawing Book'. The Little Liber", Tate, London 1996, no.4.
Associated places
Topographic representation of Flint (scope note | all objects)
Acquisition date
1869
Acquisition name
Purchased from John Pye (L.2056) (biographical details | all objects)
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