Tenth Plague of Egypt
WAG 4473
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This print, 'Tenth Plague of Egypt', is plate 61 of Turner's 'Liber Studiorum' series. It is an example of the Historical category of landscape painting. It was published with the 12th part of the series on 01 January 1816.
The Liber Studiorum illustrated Turner’s arguments for the supremacy of landscape painting. The title means ‘book of studies’ in Latin. It contained no written text, instead it was made up of individual mezzotint prints on paper. They were released in fourteen parts from around 1807 until 1819. Turner intended the Liber to consist of 100 prints but only 71 were ultimately produced.
The prints reflected the five categories of landscape painting Turner believed existed: architectural, historical, marine, mountainous and pastoral. Turner wrote an initial on each work to indicate which category it belonged to. Tenth Plague of Egypt - Historical. Plate 61. Published with part 12 of the Liber Studiorum Series 01 January 1816.