Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner
London from Greenwich
1810
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- Artist and Publisher: Joseph Mallord William Turner
- Artist and Publisher: Charles Turner
London from Greenwich
1810
Physical Qualities
Mezzotint and etching printed in brown, Sheet: 297 × 430 mm. (11 11/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
Plate: 209 × 291 mm. (8 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3161
In the early part of the nineteenth century, Turner published an ambitious set of prints known as the Liber Studiorum (Book of Studies). This print was loosely based on the idea of Claude’s Liber Veritatis (Book of Truth), and constituted Turner’s personal manifesto of his aspirations for landscape art. He categorized the prints into six types: Pastoral, Marine, Mountainous, Historical, Architectural, and E.P. (Elevated or Epic Pastoral). These prints, published periodically in small groups, were intended to spread
the artist’s fame. Some of the prints were engraved by Turner himself and some he collaborated with other printmakers. By 1819 the project faltered and only 70 of the intended 100 prints were completed.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c)
Taking in the View: English Watercolors and Prints
Finberg, Alexander J., J.M.W. Turner's Liber Studiorum with a Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1988, no. 26, p. 101-104.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: TC in plate: 'A'; LL in plate: 'Drawn & Etched by JMW Turner RA PP', & below: '3.ft by 4.ft'; LR in plate: 'Engraved by C. Turner.'; LwrC in plate: 'LONDON, from GREENWICH / Picture in the possession of Walter Fawkes Esq.r of Farnley. / Published Jan.y 1 1811 by M.r Turner Queen Ann Street West'; BR (graphite, in diamond): '9902'. VERSO: LL: Claghorn stamp in violet ink; LR: Garrett stamp (Lugt supp. 2435b) in blue ink; BLC (graphite): 'P/A/'.
Markings: none - none
Artist and Publisher
Joseph Mallord William Turner
1774–1850
English, 1775-1851
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