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The Straw Yard (Liber Studiorum, part II, plate 7) by Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Straw Yard (Liber Studiorum, part II, plate 7)

Joseph Mallord William Turner · 1808

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Date
1808
Medium
Etching, mezzotint, and drypoint; first state of four
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
plate: 7 1/4 x 10 in. (18.4 x 25.4 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner was a revolutionary English Romantic painter, known for his dramatic, light-filled landscapes that often verged on abstraction.

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