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James C. Allen
active 1821-1831
Harborough Sands / drawn by J.M.W. Turner ; etched by J.C. Allen.
[London? : s.n., ca. 1830.
engraving
image: approx.: 124 x 95 mm; plate mark: 170 x 128 mm; sheet: 164 x 123 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.669:6
Notes
Etched and engraved india paper proof for an engraved vignette by J.C. Allen after J.M.W. Turner and entitled "Harborough Sands"; according to Rawlinson, the engraving is one an unpublished group of 5 plates and 3 vignettes after drawings by Turner formerly in the posession of Thomas Holloway (1800-1883) and erroneously identified in previous sources under the title "Holloway's Continuation of 'England and Wales'". Cf. Rawlinson, page 169-173.
Print mounted on backing sheet 445 x 309 mm
The sixth of a set of 8 progressive proofs on india paper for Turner's vignette, some of them touched by the artist.
Touched by the artist with pencil.
Print mounted on backing sheet 445 x 309 mm
The sixth of a set of 8 progressive proofs on india paper for Turner's vignette, some of them touched by the artist.
Touched by the artist with pencil.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at lower left of mat: Boats and figures further darkened. Small boat added in front of earlier ones; numbered "6" at lower right hand corners of the mat opening; at lower left of mounting sheet: Harborough Sands E & W; print blind stamped with Turner's studio monogram stamp below the image, centered between the name of the artist and engraver.
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Sir Frank Short; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a flat, sandy shore, with many figures of fishermen and women in foreground and a headland across a bay to left, with a tower or a lighthouse on a point. Fishing-boats are shown ashore on right and the setting sun is reflected across the water.
Associated names
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851, after.
Short, Frank, Sir, 1857-1945, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Short, Frank, Sir, 1857-1945, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 16-17 (misidentified as "Lowestoffe Lighthouse").<br>Rawlinson, W.G. The engraved work of J.M.W. Turner. London : Macmillan, 1908-1913, p. 171, no. 306 (finished state).
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Century prints
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