Young Anglers (Liber Studiorum, part VII, plate 32) June 1, 1811 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 Dunkerton here added mezzotint to describe boys gathered near a pond, likely in Marylebone Fields (later developed
Young Anglers (Liber Studiorum, part VII, plate 32) June 1, 1811 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 Dunkerton here added mezzotint to describe boys gathered near a pond, likely in Marylebone Fields (later developed into Regent's Park). One holds a fishing rod, another a watering can, and a third examines a bottle. Coats and hats are piled at left and minnows scattered on the ground as another boy fishes near a large house. The letter "P" in the upper margin indicates Turner's category of Pastoral landscape and, by representing a still rural corner of London, the artist comments on London's rapid Young Anglers (Liber Studiorum, part VII, plate 32) 383005
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