St. Catharine's Hill near Guilford (Liber Studiorum, part VII) June 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 Easling here added mezzotint to describe a peaceful road that recedes toward a ruined chapel on a hill, as
St. Catharine's Hill near Guilford (Liber Studiorum, part VII) June 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 Easling here added mezzotint to describe a peaceful road that recedes toward a ruined chapel on a hill, as trees at left cast late afternoon shadows and horses enter a farmyard. The letters "EP" in the upper margin likely stand for Elevated Pastoral and were applied by Turner to landscapes within the set that echo the Arcadian sensibility of St. Catharine's Hill near Guilford (Liber Studiorum, part VII). Designed and etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London). June 1811. Etching and mezzotint; first state of three. Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London). J. C. Easling (British, active 1807–33). Prints
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