Pembury Mill, Kent (Liber Studiorum, part III, plate 12)
June 10, 1808
Medium
Etching and mezzotint; second state of four (Finberg)
Dimensions
plate: 7 3/16 x 10 1/2 in. (18.3 x 26.7 cm) sheet: 7 1/8 x 11 1/2 in. (18.1 x 29.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
Accession Number
50.521.12
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Pembury Mill,** is a captivating print from J.M.W. Turner's *Liber Studiorum*, ambitious series of landscape etchings launched in 1807 to showcase his mastery of varied terrains and moods. Designed by the Romantic visionary Joseph Mallord William Turner and engraved by Charles Turner, this plate from Part III (dated June , 1808) captures a serene English countryside scene at Pembury Mill in Kent. of men and horse-drawn carriages animate the watermill's rustic setting, evoking the everyday harmony of rural life amid flowing water and lush surroundings. Printed in etching and mezzotint—the se...