Hind Head Hill, On the Portsmouth Road (Liber Studiorum, part V, plate 25)
Medium
Etching, mezzotint and drypoint; first state of four (Finberg)
Dimensions
plate: 7 x 10 1/4 in. (17.8 x 26 cm) sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (21 x 28.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.97.25
Tags
Art Historical Context
Joseph Mallord William Turner created *Hind Head Hill, On the Portsmouth Road* as plate 25 in his ambitious *Liber Studiorum* series, published 1811. This landmark project, issued in parts over nearly two decades, allowed the celebrated British landscape artist to explore and categorize different types of scenery—from pastoral and mountainous to architectural and marine—through the medium of print. By collaborating with skilled engravers such as Robert Dunkarton, Turner sought to reach a broader audience while demonstrating the expressive potential of landscape art during the Romantic era. Th...
About the Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner|Robert Dunkarton|Joseph Mallord William Turner · 1775–1851
Joseph Mallord William Turner, born on 23 April 1775 in London's Covent Garden to barber William Turner and Mary Marshall, emerged as a child prodigy amid personal hardships. His mother suffered mental illness and died in Bethlem Hospital in 1804, while his father supported his early sketches by displaying them in his shop. Around age 10, Turner stayed with his uncle Joseph Mallord William Marshal...