Mêr de Glace, Valley of Chamouni-Savoy (Liber Studiorum, part X, plate 50) May 23, 1812 Joseph Mallord William Turner British Turner distilled his ideas about landscape In "Liber Studiorum" (Latin for Book of Studies), a series of seventy prints plus a frontispiece published between 1807 and 1819. This is one of the few instances where he made the preliminary etched lines, then developed the tone, using mezzotint to detail an image of glacier developed from sketches made in Switzerland near the St. Gothard pass. Working experimentally, he rocked only part of the plate to create the darks, rath
Mêr de Glace, Valley of Chamouni-Savoy (Liber Studiorum, part X, plate 50) May 23, 1812 Joseph Mallord William Turner British Turner distilled his ideas about landscape In "Liber Studiorum" (Latin for Book of Studies), a series of seventy prints plus a frontispiece published between 1807 and 1819. This is one of the few instances where he made the preliminary etched lines, then developed the tone, using mezzotint to detail an image of glacier developed from sketches made in Switzerland near the St. Gothard pass. Working experimentally, he rocked only part of the plate to create the darks, rather than following conventional mezzotint practice, where the plate is rocked completely, and highlights creates by scraping and burnishing. The "M" in the upper margin refers to Turner's category of Mountainous Mêr de Glace, Valley of Chamouni-Savoy (Liber Studiorum, part X, plate 50) 383023
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