Windmill and Lock
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 - 1851
Summary
Landscape with canal in foreground with barge to left and lock left of centre. Goat on right bank. Two figures opening lock gate. Windmill on the left in the background.
Display Label
Windmill and Lock 1811 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Etching This print is a proff of Turner's etched outlines for a plate from his Liber Studiorum series, published 1807-1819. Turner etched the outlines for nearly all the plates which were then passed on to mexxotint engravers. The plate has been wiped clean of any plate tone and there is no sense that this is a finished work. A range of acid biting can be seen in the lines; the dark lines of the foreground indicate a longer bite. Transferred 1982.103
Object Name
Windmill and Lock
Creators Name
Date Created
1811
Dimensions
print: 20.8cm x 28.8cm
support: 29.3cm x 43.8cm
accession number
1982.103
Collection Group
Support
paper
Medium
ink (brown)
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