Lauffenbourgh on the Rhine
published 1811
Medium
etching and mezzotint
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.8159
Art Historical Context
**Lauffenbourgh on Rhine**, published in 1811, is a captivating print from J.M.W. Turner's groundbreaking *Liber Studiorum* series,fully engraved by Thomas Hodgetts Turner, the preeminent British Romantic artist, sketched this dramatic Rhine River scene during his European travels, capturing the Swiss-German town of Laufenburg nestled amid rugged cliffs and swirling waters. The etching and mezzotint medium—part of the Rosenwald Collection the National Gallery of Artallowed Turner's luminous watercolor studies to be widely reproduced, democratizing his visionary landscapes for a burgeoning 19th...