1823
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Mill is a 1823 ink by Charles Turner, a Romanticism work, depicting Windmill, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a mill with a large wheel and a building next to it. This work is interesting because it has a lot of detail and texture, which makes it feel realistic. The artist used a combination of etching and mezzotint to create the image. To learn more about the process used to create this image, look up the technique: etching, drypoint, aquatint.
Charles Turner (31 August 1774 – 1 August 1857) was an English engraver and draughtsman who specialised in portraiture. He collaborated with J. M. W. Turner (to whom he was not related) on the early plates of the same's Liber Studiorum.
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