Inverary Castle and Town, Scotland, part XIII, plate 65 from "Liber Studiorum"

Designed and etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner British
 Engraver Charles Turner British
 Publisher Joseph Mallord William Turner British

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Turner distilled his ideas about landscape in "Liber Studiorum" (Latin for Book of Studies), a series of seventy prints plus a frontispiece published between 1807 and 1819. To establish the compositions, he made brown watercolor drawings, then etched outlines onto copper plates. Professional engravers usually developed the tone under Turner's direction, and Charles Turner here added mezzotint to describe a Scottish coastal subject that contrasts the distant town and castle highlighted by bright sunlight, with foreground boats buffeted by stiff winds and surf with dark clouds indicating the approach of a squall. The "M" in the top margin indicates Turner's category of Marine landscape.

Inverary Castle and Town, Scotland, part XIII, plate 65 from "Liber Studiorum", Designed and etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London), Etching and mezzotint; second state of three

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