The Straw Yard (Liber Studiorum, part II, plate 7)
Joseph Mallord William Turner|Charles Turner
February 20, 1808 · Etching, mezzotint, and drypoint; 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 Charles Turner here added mezzotint to describe a rustic scene, which the artist himself referred to as "The White Horse." In front of a thatched barn, men load bales onto a haystack near resting horses. The letter "P" in the upper margin indicates Turner's category of Pastoral landscape.
- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner|Charles Turner
- Date
- February 20, 1808
- Medium
- Etching, mezzotint, and drypoint; first state of four
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
