J. M. W. Turner etching "Ben Arthur" Liber Studiorum, rare

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J. M. W. Turner "Ben Arthur, Scotland"

Medium: etching with engraving and mezzotint. Catalogue reference: Finberg 69 ii/iv. This is the second state of four. Published in London in 1819 for the J. M. W. Turner Liber Studiorum series (Plate 69), engraved by Thomas Lupton. Size: 8 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (plate) with full margins (208 x 288mm); there is some minor foxing. A magnificent, rich impression on laid paper, which according to Rawlinson would be the "Second State: Two dots at right lower corner in margin. Rare."

Turner intended the highly ambitious Liber Studiorum to be a body of his life's work, with Romantic scenes from the British Isles and Continental Europe. One of his few Scottish subjects, Ben Arthur is considered one of Turner's finest landscapes and has been called the rarest of all the Liber Studiorum etchings. Impressions of this print are seldom found on the market, especially in this state.

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