Procris and Cephalus, plate 41 from Liber Studiorum
published February 14, 1812
Medium
Etching and engraving in brown on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 18.6 × 26.5 cm (7 3/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Plate: 21.6 × 29.2 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 29.6 × 44.3 cm (11 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
mezzotint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
50111
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...