Description
Mer de Glace by J. M. W. Turner follows a glacial tongue through the foreground between tall, jagged peaks. The ice and rising rock create a forceful progression into the Alpine valley. Their contrasting shapes make distance feel substantial, allowing the print to hold both a close encounter with rugged terrain and the vast scale of the mountains beyond.
Published on May 23, 1812, the etching and mezzotint belongs to Liber Studiorum. Turner is recorded as artist and publisher, bringing the expansive subject into a project exploring landscape’s different possibilities. The printed surface makes great distance available to a close look, allowing line and tone to contribute to the experience of the terrain. The image’s interest lies in that meeting of scales, where a modest material object can sustain an encounter with a powerful natural world.
Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the J. M. W. Turner collection.
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