Pembury Mill, Kent (Liber Studiorum, part III, plate 12)
Joseph Mallord William Turner
June 10, 1808
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (20.9 × 28.5 cm) Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 9/16 in. (21.9 × 29.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.599
Tags
DogsMenWorking
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...