The Source of the Arvaron in the Valley of Chamouni, Savoy (Liber Studiorum, part XII, plate 60), January 1, 1816, Etching and mezzotint; first state of three, plate: 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (19.7 x 27 cm), Prints, Designed and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London), 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 and here, unusually, entrusted the preliminary etching to Dawe before applying mezzotint himself to develop tone
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Source, Arvaron, Valley, Chamouni, Savoy, Liber Studiorum, part XII, plate 60, January 1, 1816, Etching, mezzotint, first state, three, plate, 7 3/4 x 10 5/8, 19.7 27 cm, Prints, Designed and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, British, London, 1775–1851, Turner distilled, ideas, landscape, Latin, Book, Studies, series, seventy prints, plus, frontispiece published, 1807, 1819, establish, compositions, brown watercolor, drawings, unusually, entrusted, preliminary etching, Dawe, applying mezzotint, develop tone
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