Frontispiece
Frontispiece
Artist
Creation date
May 23, 1812
Materials
mezzotint over etching
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 11 9/16 in (plate)
11 1/2 x 17 5/8 in (sheet)
Credit line
Bequest of Kurt F. Pantzer
Accession number
80.707.3
Collection
Not Currently On View
In 1806 Turner manifested his ambition to demonstrate the full range of possible landscapes through 100 engravings that he called the Liber Studiorum (Book of Studies).
The frontispiece lists the engravers with whom Turner worked and emblematically indicates the six categories of landscapes included in the series: vegetation for "Pastoral," oars for "Marine," a classical entablature for "Epic Pastoral" and an arcade for "Architectural." The framed painting of the myth of Europa and the Bull stands for two categories-"Historical" and "Mountainous."
Turner sale 1873; ex Collection of Miss Smith of Boughty Ferry, Smith Sale, Sotheby, London, July 25, 1949 (Lot 36).; Arthur Mitchell, Cheltenham.; Kurt Pantzer, Indianapolis.
