Panoramic View of the Thames
circa 1796
18th-19th century
13.5 cm x 20.5 cm (5 5/16 in. x 8 1/16 in.)
Joseph Mallord William Turner
(London, 1775 - 1851, Chelsea, England)
Primary
Object Type:
drawing
Artist Nationality:
Europe, English
Medium and Support:
Watercolor over notations in pencil
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1982
Accession Number:
1982.700
Inspired by Richard Earlom’s mezzotint reproductions of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis, Turner produced his own series of 71 landscape prints divided into six categories: historical, mountainous, pastoral, epic pastoral, marine and architectural. The prints, published between 1807 and 1819, functioned both as an advertisement to potential patrons of his skill and range and as a pedagogical tool for younger artists.