Hind Head Hill, on the Portsmouth Road (Liber Studiorum, part V, plate 25)
Medium
Etching, mezzotint and drypoint; fourth state of four (Finberg)
Dimensions
plate: 7 x 10 5/16 in. (17.8 x 26.2 cm) sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (21 x 29.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1951
Accession Number
51.648.30
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Art Historical Context
Nestled in the rolling hills of Surrey, England, *Hind Head Hill, on the Portsmouth Road* the sublime beauty of the British countryside through J.M.W. Turner's visionary lens. Part of his groundbreaking *Liber Studiorum* (Book of Studies), published in 14 parts from 180 to 1819, this 1811 etching (plate 25, part V) draws inspiration from Claude Lorrain *Liber Veritatis*. Turn series of 71 plates explored diverse landscape themes—pastoral, mountainous, historical—blending his oil painting mastery with printmaking to make his luminous visions widely accessible. Printed in etching, mezzotint, an...
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...