Matlock
Matlock
Artist
Creation date
1795
Materials
engraving
Dimensions
4 1/4 x 6 9/16 in (image)
8 1/2 x 10 3/8 in (sheet)
Credit line
Bequest of Kurt F. Pantzer
Accession number
80.802
Collection
Not Currently On View
At nineteen, Turner was the youngest of the dozens of eminent artists commissioned to paint 180 watercolors of the most picturesque spots in Great Britain and Ireland by The Copper Plate Magazine (renamed The Itinerant).
From this time, Turner's watercolor views were in high demand by print publishers until photography began replacing engraving in the 1840s.
