Junction of Severn and Wye

published 1811

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Associated Names
Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artist, British, 1775 - 1851

The image displays a landscape scene seen from an elevated point. The horizon stretches across the center of the composition with distant landforms meeting a calm expanse of water or sky. The brushstrokes exhibit a detailed and meticulous technique, conveying textures of trees and foliage. The color palette is a warm sepia tone. Closest to us, a figure is seated on the ground surrounded by trees and shrubs. Remnants of structures can be seen to the right, partially hidden among trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, mezzotint, and aquatint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.4 × 43.3 cm (11 9/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.4.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Finberg 1924, no. 28, State i/iii

  • Series Title

    Liber Studiorum

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Miss Ellen T. Bullard [1865-1959], Boston; gift 1941 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

Bibliography

1924

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

Wikidata ID

Q64959746

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