The image shows an elevated view looking down at a vast landscape. The horizon is high in the composition, comprising dark clouds meeting distant land. The sky has sweeping brushstrokes, suggesting movement and a storm. The color palette is muted sepia. Cattle are being herded by figures across grassy terrain leading to a waterway. Additional clouds on the horizon cast shadows over rolling hills to the right. The scene highlights the land, waterways, and sky.

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Solway Moss

Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775 - 1851)

and artist Thomas Goff Lupton (British, 1791 - 1873)

published 1816

Medium: etching and mezzotint
Classification: Print
Dimensions: sheet: 21 × 29.2 cm (8 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.)
Culture: British
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line: Rosenwald Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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