The Woman and Tambourine (Liber Studiorum, part I, plate 3)
Medium
Etching and mezzotint; third state of four
Dimensions
plate: 7 1/4 x 10 9/16 in. (18.4 x 26.8 cm) sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (21 x 29.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.97.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
"The Woman and Tambourine" is plate 3 from the first installment of J.M.W. Turner’s ambitious Liber Studiorum, published on June 11, 1807. Turner conceived this series as a visual encyclopedia of landscape art, dividing scenes into categories such as Pastoral, Mountainous, and Historical to demonstrate the expressive range of the genre. The work reflects the early Romantic era’s fascination with nature as a source of emotion and moral reflection, positioning landscape not merely as background but as a central artistic subject. Printed in etching and mezzotint by engraver Charles Turner after ...
About the Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner|Charles Turner|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...