Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 - 1851
Summary
Interior of crypt with a vaulted roof supported on columns. There are cows lying on the floor of the crypt and light is coming in from the left.
Display Label
The Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey 1812 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Etching with mezzotintand aquatint This is an unpublished state from the Liber Studiorum, a series of prints designed and published by Turner. This print is unusual in that it is all Turner's own work; a professional engraver usually added the mezzotint. Turner has burnished the mezzotint quite heavily to convey the fall of sunlight into the dark crypt. Evidence of the mexxotint rocker can be seen around the edges of the print. Hirsfall Museum Transfer 1918.1009/5
Object Name
Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey
Creators Name
Date Created
1812
Dimensions
plate mark: 21cm x 29.1cm
support: 29.7cm x 44.7cm
accession number
1918.1009/5
Collection Group
Place of creation
England
Support
paper
Medium
ink (brown)
Credit
Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection, 1918
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