Ehrenbreitstein

1845

John Pye

Artist, British, 1782 - 1874

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.1 x 38.7 cm (11 1/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
    plate: 35.2 x 44 cm (13 7/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 42.7 x 52.4 cm (16 13/16 x 20 5/8 in.)
    mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.51

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rawlinson 1913, no. 662, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1913

  • Rawlinson, W.G. The Engraved Work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A.. 2 vol., London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: J.M.W. Turner R.A.; lower right in plate: John Pye, London, 1845.; lower center in plate: London, Published March 2nd 1846 by J. Hogarth, No. 5, Haymarket.

Wikidata ID

Q75122217

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