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Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Peat Bog, Scotland, 1812

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Creator:

Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Engraved by George Clint, 1770–1854
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Title:

Peat Bog, Scotland

Part Of:

Collective Title: Liber Studiorum

Date:

1812

Materials & Techniques:

Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 10 7/8 × 16 1/4 inches (27.6 × 41.3 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (21 × 29.2 cm), Image: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "45"; lower right: "5th State"

Lettered above image: "M"; below image: "Drawn & Etched by I.M.W.Turner | Engraved by G.Clint | Peat Bog, Scotland | Published April 23, 1812, by I.M.W.Turner, Queen Ann Street West."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.13996

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Access:

On view

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38779

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According to Turner, all landscapes belong to one of six fundamental categories: Architectural, Historical, Marine, Mountainous, Pastoral, and Elevated Pastoral. These prints are part of a systematic publication, the Liber Studiorum (“Book of Studies”), containing examples from each of these categories. This work provides further testimony to the enduring influence of Claude Lorrain. Claude made sepia ink and wash drawings to record all his authentic compositions and brought them together to form his celebrated Liber Veritatis (“Book of Truth”). These drawings came to be seen as the epitome of the art of landscape and were later reproduced as fine mezzotints. They inspired Turner to make his own, even more ambitious equivalents. Though imitating the format and sepia coloring of Claude’s drawings, Turner’s plates were intended not as a record of his paintings but to illustrate his own original theory of landscape art. Although never completely finished, the Liber Studiorum is among the artist’s most personal and pioneering contributions to the practice of printmaking.

Gallery label for J. M. W. Turner: Romance and Reality (Yale Center for British Art, March - 29, 2025 - July 27, 2025)

J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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