Panoramic View of the Thames
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
(London, England, 1775–Chelsea, England, 1851)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Datecirca 1796
MediumWatercolor over notations in graphite
DimensionsSheet: 5 5/16 × 8 1/16 in. (13.5 × 20.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1982.700
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1982.700
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Inspired by Richard Earlom’s mezzotint reproductions of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis, Turner produced his own series of 71 landscape prints divided into six categories: historical, mountainous, pastoral, epic pastoral, marine and architectural. The prints, published between 1807 and 1819, functioned both as an advertisement to potential patrons of his skill and range and as a pedagogical tool for younger artists.
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