Description
A church spire and hillside buildings rise above the river in Ville de Thun, designed and etched by J. M. W. Turner and engraved by Thomas Hodgetts. Wooded foreground at the left frames the town, while water opens along the lower right. These different levels draw the eye into the settlement, connecting its clustered architecture with the surrounding terrain.
Published on January 1, 1816, the etching and mezzotint belongs to Liber Studiorum. Turner’s design and Hodgetts’s tonal engraving give the subject a material character distinct from a watercolor or an oil painting. The scene’s interest lies in the meeting of human settlement and a wider place, where buildings become part of landscape rather than detached objects. The print allows a named view to be encountered through its particular forms, making geographic identity a frame for looking rather than its complete explanation.
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