Windmill and Lock

published 1811

Joseph Mallord William Turner and William Say

Associated Names
William Say

Artist, British, 1768 - 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artist, British, 1775 - 1851

The image presents a rustic landscape with a windmill on a hill, surrounded by a countryside with a gate, a resting donkey, figures, animals, gentle hills, and a bridge. The sky has delicate clouds and the color palette is dominated by sepia tones, creating an aged and tranquil atmosphere. The scene is captured from a slightly elevated point of view within an engraving format.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and mezzotint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.9 × 29.3 cm (8 1/4 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8155

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Finberg 1924, no. 27, State iii/iii

  • Series Title

    Liber Studiorum: no.27 [Finberg 1-71; 1943.3.8129-8199]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1924

  • Finberg, Alexander. The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum with a new Catalogue Raisonne. London: Ernest Benn, 1924.

Wikidata ID

Q65022420

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