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Ely
Ely
Engraver (British, 1701 - 1800)
Artist/Maker (British, 1775 - 1851)
Datepublished 1797
MediumEngraving
DimensionsComposition: 4 3/8 × 6 3/4 in. (11.1 × 17.1 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 in. × 8 in. (14.9 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Katharine Brigham Callanen in memory of her husband Gardner A. Callanen, Class of 1929
Object number1995.20
Not on view
DescriptionTurner was immensely successful as an artist from the beginning of his career and his first commission to execute watercolour drawings for engraving came when he was just eighteen. The Copper-Plate Magazine, later re-issued as The Itinerant, was one of many small illustrated publications fashionable in the late-eighteenth century. Turner contributed sixteen designs including this view of Ely Cathedral from the south, working largely from drawings taken on sketching tours across the country. The detailed depiction of the famous cathedral is testament to Turner's lifelong interest in architecture. (SOURCE: Tate Gallery, London, Gallery label, September 2004)
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Provenance 1995: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Katharine Brigham Callanen.
Signature Signed in plate at lower center: Engraved by J. Walker from a Drawing by W. Turner.
Inscribed Entitled in plate at lower center: Ely.; inscribed in pencil at lower right: C; in pencil on verso at lower right [upside down]: 475
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