The Fi-ord Between Tunes and Dales
1834
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1834
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Fi-ord Between Tunes and Dales is a 1834 by Edward Price, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a dark, stormy fjord with jagged mountains rising steeply from the water. A small boat sits in the choppy waves near the bottom, looking tiny against the towering cliffs. The sky is thick with clouds, and the whole scene feels moody and dramatic. The title at the bottom calls it *The Fi-ord Between Tunes and Dales*—likely a real place, but the name sounds poetic. The artist used deep blacks and soft grays to create a sense of depth and drama. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this print in person.
The print *The Fi-ord Between Tunes and Dales* by Edward Price appears in a book bound in brown leather, which contains 21 prints alongside textual material. The object is part of the Lennox-Boyd collection, a private assemblage of approximately 50,000 British mezzotints, which was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2015 through an inheritance tax arrangement. The collection, primarily focused on mezzotints, also included 18th-century picture frames, antique women’s shoes, fans, printed handkerchiefs, and printed ephemera, with additional watercolors acquired in the 1970s.…
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