Etching and watercolour on paper
Liber Studiorum: Parts 11-14
Liber Studiorum: Parts 11-14
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Liber Studiorum 1807-1819 Watercolours
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Aesacus and Hesperie
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: expressive
actions: processes and functions
adults
Aesacus
bathing / swimming
classical
classical myths: gods and heroes
female
forest
Hesperie
hiding
landscape
leisure and pastimes
literature and fiction
looking / watching
man
nudes
Ovid, ‘Metamorphoses’
people
pool
recreational activities
religion and belief
sunshine
water: inland
weather
woman
<p>In this unusual sheet, the etching for one of the plates in the Liber Studiorum has been printed over the top of Turner's watercolour. Turner etched some of the plates for this project himself, but it is  not clear why this etching was printed  in this way.</p><p>This classical subject was assigned to  the category of historical landscape. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Aesacus was a young man who was turned into a diving bird in order to thwart his attempts to kill himself for the love of Hesperie.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique etching watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
16 October 2021 – 14 July 2023
2023-07-14
16 October 2021 – 6 March 2022
2022-03-06
2021-10-16
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark)
18 May 2022 – 11 September 2022
2022-09-11
2022-05-18
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.mnac.es
3 March 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-03-03
Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny, Switzerland)
2021-10-16
Turner Watercolours: Sun is God
Tate partnerships & programmes
12 October 2023 – 28 January 2024
2024-01-28
12 October 2023 – 28 January 2024
2024-01-28
2023-10-12
Reggia di Venaria Reale (Turin, Italy)
2023-10-12
Turner & Mythology
Loan-out
Aesacus and Hesperie
support: 180 × 257 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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In this unusual sheet, the <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>etching</span></a> for one of the plates in the Liber Studiorum has been printed over the top of Turner's <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>. Turner etched some of the plates for this project himself, but it is <br/>
not clear why this etching was printed <br/>
in this way.</p>
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This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>classical</span></a> subject was assigned to <br/>
the category of historical <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>. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Aesacus was a young man who was turned into a diving bird in order to thwart his attempts to kill himself for the love of Hesperie.</p>
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