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Liber Studiorum: The Fifth Plague of Egypt

Date unknown

Joseph Mallord William Turner

(British, 1775–1851)
Culture
England, 19th century
Medium
etching and mezzotint
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Katherine Bullard in memory of Francis Bullard 1919.135
Catalogue raisonné
Rawlinson 16
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented etching and mezzotint depicts a landscape rendered in deep brown and tan. Heavy clouds fill the sky, pierced by bright diagonal streaks of light illuminating distant pyramids. In the shadowed foreground, unmoving animal figures lie among fallen branches. To the right, one figure stands with arms raised while another kneels in the dirt. Below, an inscription reads "The 5th Plague of Egypt."

Liber Studiorum: The Fifth Plague of Egypt

Date unknown

Joseph Mallord William Turner

(British, 1775–1851)
England, 19th century

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