The image depicts a pastoral landscape with a central bridge in the distance. Rolling hills dominate the horizon, with detailed brushwork showing figures, animals, trees, and architecture in a monochromatic sepia color palette.
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The image depicts a pastoral landscape with a central bridge in the distance. Rolling hills dominate the horizon, with detailed brushwork showing figures, animals, trees, and architecture in a monochromatic sepia color palette.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Apuleia in Search of Apuleius

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Medium
etching
Dimensions
sheet: 28.8 × 43.9 cm (11 5/16 × 17 5/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1946.21.344
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Liber Studiorum: no.72 [Finberg 1-71; 1943.3.8129-8199]

Subjects and terms

  • figure
  • British
  • Landscape
  • Bridge
  • Tree

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