River Wye (Liber Studiorum, part X, plate 48), Designed and etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, May 23, 1812


River Wye (Liber Studiorum, part X, plate 48), May 23, 1812, Etching and mezzotint; fifth state of five, plate: 7 1/4 x 10 9/16 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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