Genius Unfolding

An aquatint, developed in four stages.

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Based on an oil-painting of 1807 from the time when Turner began his forty year career as a master print-maker.

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This is perhaps the most spectacular example of Turner's practice to improve upon the quality of his watercolor design during the printmaking process.

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