print (mezzotint and etching): "Coast of Yorkshire" from Liber Studiorum

A rocky coastline with a stormy sea. A shipwreck has left a group of people stranded on a rock, and helpers along the shore are rescuing survivors. Printed text ‘Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner R.A./Published Jany. 1. 1811, by Mr Turner, Queen Ann Street West/Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.’ ‘M’ at upper centre. [Marine series] ‘NCAM’ impression in circle at brc. ‘JMWT’ monogram at lower right. Originally issued in part 5 of the series., John Ruskin - "He hardly ever painted a steep rocky coast without some fragment of a devoured ship grinding in the blanched teeth of the surges, just enough left to be a token of utter destruction.' 'Harbours of England' p.23,