The Fifth Plague of Egypt (Liber Studiorum, part III, plate 16), Designed and etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, June 10

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The Fifth Plague of Egypt (Liber Studiorum, part III, plate 16), June 10, 1808, Etching and mezzotint; first state of three, plate: 7 1/16 x 10 1/4 in. ( x 26 cm), Prints, Designed and etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London), 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

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Size: 5164px × 3748px
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