1819
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Isis is a 1819 ink by Joseph Mallord William Turner, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet garden scene with tall trees framing a small temple-like structure. In the background, a faint landscape stretches out with rolling hills and a distant river. Near the bottom right, a person sits reading under a tree, while a broken column leans nearby. The artist used fine lines to capture light and shadow, making the scene feel peaceful but slightly mysterious. The dry, scratchy look comes from the etching process—ink pressed into a metal plate. Next, check out etching to see how this technique works.
Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in 1775 at Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, where his father kept a barber and wig-making shop.
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