Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British

Engraved by J. C. Easling, fl.1788–1815

Center engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British

after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Frontispiece to the 'Liber Studiorum'
Date:
1812
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 5/8 inches (29.2 × 44.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "2 | 10"; lower left: "1.I"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Cotswold Gallery 1924. ex G. E. Blood"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8095
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
still life | frame (furnishing) | painting (visual work) | basket | peacock | architectural subject | fish
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)

The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29)

Ruskin - Past: Present: Future (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-27)

Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)
Publications:
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 15, no. 12, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)

Sam Smiles, The late works of J. M. W. Turner : the artist and his critics, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2020, p. 115, fig. 53, NJ18.t85 S655 2020 Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26108