The Lake of Zug
When John Ruskin owned Turner's watercolor of the Lake of Zug (now at the Metropolitan Museum), he etched the subject in outline around 1856, with mezzotint then added by Lupton. The resulting print was used to illustrate Ruskin's Modern Painters, 1888, vol. V, pl. 87 (and Works, vol. VII, p. 439, pl. 87).
Artwork Details
- Title: The Lake of Zug
- Etcher: Etched by John Ruskin (British, London 1819–1900 Brantwood, Cumbria)
- Engraver: Mezzotint by Thomas Goff Lupton (British, London 1791–1873 London)
- Artist: After Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London)
- Date: 1888
- Medium: Etching and mezzotint; proof
- Dimensions: Image: 4 15/16 × 7 5/8 in. (12.5 × 19.4 cm)
Plate: 8 3/16 × 11 5/16 in. (20.8 × 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 17 5/16 in. (29.6 × 43.9 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
- Object Number: 29.107.177
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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