Moonlight on a River
Medium
mezzotint in black
Dimensions
plate: 21.91 × 28.89 cm (8 5/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.7656
Art Historical Context
**Moonlight on a River** to the National Gallery of Art will be enchanted by *Moonlight on a River*, 1896 mezzotint by Frank Short, meticulously crafted after a luminous scene by the Romantic master Joseph Mallord William Turner. Turner, renowned for his dramatic evocations of light and nature in the early 19th century, captured the sublime beauty of twilight and water. Short, a leading British printmaker of the late Victorian era, faithfully reproduced Turner's vision, preserving its ethereal glow for generations. This print, from the esteemed Rosenwald Collection, measures a intimate 21.91...