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Catania, Sicily

about 1825

Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)

80.1785

Not currently on view

paper

Artwork Details

Series Title
"Little Liber"
ArtistCreation Date
about 1825
Creation Location
England
Materials
mezzotint
Dimensions

6 x 8-1/2 in. (image) 12-1/2 x 17-1/8 in. (sheet)

Accession Number
80.1785
Credit Line

Bequest of Kurt F. Pantzer

Copyright
Public Domain
Collection

Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

Color Palette


Exhibition Name

Venue

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Related Content

Turner’s Mysterious "Little Liber"
Curator Marty Krause discusses the mystery surrounding the discovery of J.M.W. Turner’s "Little Liber" series.
Turner's Grand Effects of Nature
Marty Krause describes the characteristics of Turner’s "Little Liber" series.
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston is home not only to the corresponding watercolor (no image) but also an earlier print of Catania, Sicily before the boat and details on the water were added.
See Paestum, another print from the series, at the Tate Britain with information about what the gallery calls “one of the most important and personal of all the engraving projects on which [Turner] embarked.”
Browse images of the original Italian Guide Sketchbook Turner used for his trip to Italy in 1819 at the Tate Britain.
Watch the installation of Turner’s Modern Rome, an oil painting completed ten years after his return from Italy, at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
View a similar subject in the Tate Collection painted by Joseph Wright of Derby fifty years before Turner printed his series.
Read an article about how scientists think volcanic ash affected the art of Turner and other artists, and get the science behind it in the attached pdf. Art Chemistry.

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