Original hand-colored engraving after the drawing by J. M. W. Turner, engraved by William Bernard Cooke. View of Brightling Observatory from Rosehill Park, in Sussex, with the English countryside, cattle and two figures in the foreground.
Original hand-colored engraving after the drawing by J. M. W. Turner, engraved by William Bernard Cooke. View of Brightling Observatory from Rosehill Park, in Sussex, with the English countryside, cattle and two figures in the foreground.
From Views in Sussex (London, 1819), a series engraved by W. B. Cooke after drawings by Turner and published under the patronage of John Fuller, owner of Rose Hill, who had the observatory shown here built.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851).
Engraver: William Bernard Cooke (1778-1855).
Date: 1819.
Source: Views in Sussex, London.
Dimensions: 9.7 x 12.8 in (24.6 x 32.4 cm).
Condition: Good; clean paper with light yellowing at the edges.