The Straw Yard (Liber Studiorum, part II, plate 7), Designed and etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, February 20, 1808


The Straw Yard (Liber Studiorum, part II, plate 7), February 20, 1808, Etching, mezzotint, and drypoint; first state of four, plate: 7 1/4 x 10 in. ( x 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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