By Kind Permission of a Private Collection
By Kind Permission of a Private Collection
Drawn and etched by Turner. Engraved in mezzotint by Charles Turner. No inscribed date, but published in 1807 in Part 1 of the Liber Studiorum ( Finberg 5). Category: Architectural. (See Forrester, p.51.)
An impression of this plate was included in the Oxford Rudimentary Series, in the catalogue of which (1878) Ruskin comments that 'when I want to go to Switzerland myself, I am content to take out this picture and read, with it at my side, the Tour de Jacob' ( Works, 21.220).
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Basle 1807
Etching, washed in sepia ink, 18.5x26cm
Engraving:
Engraved by C.Turner, 1807
Mezzotint engraving, 18.5x26cm
Engraved for the Liber Studiorum, part 1
Provenance: By descent to C.M.W. Turner, by whom presented to the Gallery, 1945
Further Comments: No drawing is known of this subject. The provenance details for this work refer to the plate.
Collection: Tate Gallery, London