Windmill and Lock

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775 - 1851



Windmill and Lock

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 - 1851

Summary

Landscape with canal in foreground with a barge to the left. There are lock gates at the lower left and a horse stood near the right hand lock gate. A man is sitting next to the horse. A single arched bridge can be seen in the distant centre background. Windmill to the upper left background.

Display Label

Windmill and Lock 1811 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 and William Say 1768-1834 Etching and mezzotint This print is a later published state from the same plate. The professional engraver William Say has used mezzotint to add tonal range to the image, the darker tones of his mezzotint additions marrying with the heavier lines of Turner's etching. The effect of burnished mezzotint can be seen in the glow of the boat lamp emerging from the lock. Hordfall Museum Transfer 1918.1009/9


Object Name

Windmill and Lock

Date Created

1811

Dimensions

plate mark: 21cm x 29.3cm
support: 28.4cm x 42cm

accession number

1918.1009/9

Place of creation

England

Support

paper

Medium

ink (brown)

Credit

Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection, 1918

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