Solway Moss

published 1816

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Thomas Goff Lupton

Associated Names
Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artist, British, 1775 - 1851

Thomas Goff Lupton

Artist, British, 1791 - 1873

The image shows an elevated view looking down at a vast landscape. The horizon is high in the composition, comprising dark clouds meeting distant land. The sky has sweeping brushstrokes, suggesting movement and a storm. The color palette is muted sepia. Cattle are being herded by figures across grassy terrain leading to a waterway. Additional clouds on the horizon cast shadows over rolling hills to the right. The scene highlights the land, waterways, and sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and mezzotint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21 × 29.2 cm (8 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8180

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Finberg 1924, no. 52, State v/v

  • Series Title

    Liber Studiorum: no.52 [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

Q65022445

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