Huntsmen in a Wood - Frank Short Mezzotint after Turner - 1896
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Original mezzotint over etching, printed in sepia ink, with a hunting party crossing a plank bridge in a wood. Engraved by Sir Frank Short in 1896 after a design by J. M. W. Turner. Below the image, under the mat, the title and Turner's name are written in pencil.
Original mezzotint over etching, printed in sepia ink, with a hunting party crossing a plank bridge in a wood. Engraved by Sir Frank Short in 1896 after a design by J. M. W. Turner. Below the image, under the mat, the title and Turner's name are written in pencil.
Huntsmen in a Wood is one of the Liber Studiorum designs by Turner that were never engraved in the painter's lifetime. Frank Short (1857-1945), President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and the man behind the revival of mezzotint in England, completed the series at the end of the 19th century.
Medium: Mezzotint over etching, sepia ink on paper
Artist / after: After J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851)
Engraver / lithographer: Sir Frank Short (1857-1945)
Date: 1896
Dimensions: 13.7 x 9.6 in (34.7 x 24.5 cm)
Condition: Good, with wide margins and a well-defined plate mark.
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Original mezzotint over etching, printed in sepia ink, with a hunting party crossing a plank bridge in a wood. Engraved by Sir Frank Short in 1896 after a design by J. M. W. Turner. Below the image, under the mat, the title and Turner's name are written in pencil.