print (mezzotint and etching): "Christ and the Woman of Samaria" from Liber Studiorum

A path on a woody hillside. Classical ruins and a town to the left. Two men stand on the path in the distance. On crumbling ruins at right, sits Jesus, talking to a woman with a water jug. Printed text ‘Drawn & Etched by I.M.W. Turner Esq.r R.A. P.P./ Published Jany. 1 1819 by Mr Turner Queen Ann Street West/Engraved by S.W.Reynolds.’ ‘H’ at upper centre. [''Historical'' series] ‘NCAM’ impression in circle at brc. ‘JMWT’ monogram at lower right. Originally issued in part 14 of the series., The incident is told in the Gospel of St John (Chapter IV, verses 5-26) where Christ met the Woman of Samaria drawing water at Jacob's well.,