Junction of the Severn and Wye, from Liber Studiorum, no. 28
Joseph Mallord William Turner
June 1811
Medium
Etching, mezzotint and aquatint in brown on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20.8 × 28.8 cm (8 1/4 × 11 3/8 in.); Sheet: 29.3 × 44.3 cm (11 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149503
About the Artist
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...