The Fiord Between Tunes and Dales
1834
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1834
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Fiord Between Tunes and Dales is a 1834 by Edward Price, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a dark, jagged mountain rising from a narrow body of water. The sky above is thick with swirling clouds, and the waves below look rough. In the bottom right corner, a small boat with two people rows toward the shore. The title, *The Fiord Between Tunes and Dales*, hints at a place in Scotland, but the focus is on the wild, dramatic landscape. The artist used deep blacks and soft grays to create a moody, almost ghostly effect. Next, check out Romanticism to see how artists used nature to express big emotions.
The print *The Fiord Between Tunes and Dales* by Edward Price appears in a book bound in blue with a red cover, which contains 21 prints accompanied by text. The volume was part of the Lennox-Boyd collection, a significant assemblage of mezzotints and related materials, including 18th-century picture frames, antique women’s shoes, fans, and printed ephemera, later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2015. Lennox-Boyd, who also operated Sanders of Oxford as a leading seller of prints and engravings, focused primarily on mezzotints but expanded his holdings to include diverse printed…
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