Rivaux Abbey, Yorkshire (Liber Studiorum, part X, plate 51)

Henry Edward Dawe|Joseph Mallord William Turner|Joseph Mallord William Turner

May 23, 1812 · Etching and mezzotint; first state of four · Drawings and Prints

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 Dawe here added mezzotint to describe tiered gothic arches forming the nave walls at Rivaux, a ruined abbey whose tower frames the scene at left. The "A" in the upper margin indicates Turner's category of Architectural landscape.

Artist

Henry Edward Dawe|Joseph Mallord William Turner|Joseph Mallord William Turner

Date

May 23, 1812

Medium

Etching and mezzotint; first state of four

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928