This view of Mussoorie and the Dhoon valley seen from Landour, in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, was engraved after a sketch by an East India Company officer and worked up by J.M.W. Turner for one of the many illustrated travel annuals he supplied with finished landscape compositions. Turner rarely traveled outside Europe himself, instead transforming other artists' on-the-spot sketches into fully realized, atmospheric landscapes for the British print market's growing appetite for views of India. The result combines topographical record with Turner's signature sensitivity to light and distance.
Printed edge to edge on a soft, durable woven area rug with a comfortable, non-slip feel.
