Etching and mezzotint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Art Fund
Collection
Etchings and Engravings for the ‘Liber Studiorum’
Turner owned by Tate
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Solitude engraved by William Say
Presented by A. Acland Allen through the Art Fund 1925
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
astronomy
castle
deer
dock
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
hill
isolation
landscape
military
people
plants and flowers
religion and belief
rocky
Saints
St Mary Magdalene
sun
woman
wooded
<p>This is one of the published plates of the Liber Studiorum, a series of prints that Turner produced between 1807 and the early 1820s. The image was first etched in outline by Turner himself, and the gradations of light and shade were then introduced in mezzotint, in this case by William Say. The title Solitude is not Turner's own. His only reference to the subject suggests that he may have wanted to link the reclining woman with Mary Magdalene, although he places her not in a Biblical landscape but in an unlikely Arcadian setting.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper print etching mezzotint
10 November 2006 – 19 February 2007
2007-02-19
10 November 2006 – 19 February 2007
2007-02-19
2006-11-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-11-10
Norham Castle
Collection based display
14 March 2012 – 5 June 2012
2012-06-05
14 March 2012 – 5 June 2012
2012-06-05
2012-03-14
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
2012-03-14
Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude
Loan-out
Solitude, engraved by William Say
image: 177 × 257 mm
Presented by A. Acland Allen through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1925
<p>This is one of the published plates of the Liber Studiorum, a series of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> that Turner produced between 1807 and the early 1820s. The image  was first <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etched</span></a> in outline by Turner himself, and the gradations of light and shade were then  introduced in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/mezzotint" title="Glossary definition for 'Mezzotint'"><span>mezzotint</span></a>, in this case by William Say. The title Solitude is not Turner's own. His only  reference to the subject suggests that he may  have wanted to link the reclining woman with Mary Magdalene, although he places her not in a Biblical <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> but in an unlikely Arcadian setting.</p>
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adults animals: mammals architecture astronomy castle deer dock emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas hill isolation landscape military people plants and flowers religion and belief rocky Saints St Mary Magdalene sun woman wooded