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Little Devil's Bridge, plate 19 from Liber Studiorum
Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851)LinkedCulture matchlcp-ecc9cea69b86
- Date
- published March 29, 1809
- Medium
- Mezzotint and etching in brown on ivory wove paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 95396
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
J. M. W. Turner is known primarily as a painter, but demonstrated his passion for landscape through printmaking in this mezzotint, which comes from a series of 71 prints called Liber Studiorum (Book of Studies) . Turner categorized the types of landscape with a lettering system at the top of each sheet: A (Architectural), H (Historical), M (Marine or Mountainous), P (Pastoral), and the more obscure EP (Epic Pastoral). The play of light and shade on the water, mountains, fields, and distant views exemplifies Turner’s approach to landscape as an emotive interpretation of reality rather than a topographically accurate one. He chose to use mezzotint, an engraving process that creates tonal gradations similar to the effects of oil painting, to emphasize these light and dark effects.
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- The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
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