Procris and Cephalus (Liber Studiorum, part VIII, plate 41), Designed and etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, February 14

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Procris and Cephalus (Liber Studiorum, part VIII, plate 41), February 14, 1812, Etching and mezzotint; first state of three, plate: 7 3/8 x 10 1/2 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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