Ville de Thun, Switzerland (Liber Studiorum, part XII, plate 59) January 1, 1816 Designed and etched by 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. To establish the compositions, he made brown watercolor drawings, then etched outlines onto copper plates. Professional engravers usually developed the tone under Turner's direction, and Hodgetts here added mezzotint to describe a a peaceful Swiss lakeside town distinguished by towere
Ville de Thun, Switzerland (Liber Studiorum, part XII, plate 59) January 1, 1816 Designed and etched by 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. To establish the compositions, he made brown watercolor drawings, then etched outlines onto copper plates. Professional engravers usually developed the tone under Turner's direction, and Hodgetts here added mezzotint to describe a a peaceful Swiss lakeside town distinguished by towered buildings on a hill, and a view of distant snowcapped alps. Close at hand, figures wait on a pier for an approaching boat, and Turner applied the letter "A" in the upper margin to indicate his category of Architectural Ville de Thun, Switzerland (Liber Studiorum, part XII, plate 59) 383026
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