Frontispiece to Liber Studiorum
Mezzotint
1812 (made)
1812 (made)
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Frontispiece to Liber Studiorum by J.M.W. Turner.
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| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint and etching |
| Brief description | J.M.W. Turner, with additional mezzotint by J.C. Easling. Frontispiece. One of 66 prints from the Liber Studiorum, 1812. |
| Physical description | Frontispiece to Liber Studiorum by J.M.W. Turner. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by C. M. Powell, Esq. |
| Object history | Frontispiece (Finberg 1, 2nd state) to the artist's 'Liber Studiorum', 1807-1819. Published with the plates for Part X, May 1812. All the etching and mezzotinting of the central subject were executed by Turner himslef. The remainder of the mezzotinting was executed by J C Easling (fl. 1788 - p. 1814). The complete series of plates after Turner's original drawings consists of 71 subjects (including this frontispiece), published in 14 parts. Turner's original intention was to publish two series, each consisting of 50 subjects. |
| Literary reference | Liber Studiorum |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928. |
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| Accession number | E.2718-1927 |
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| Record created | November 12, 2002 |
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