Mellan Delacroix´s och Turners verk finns ibland en släktskap trots de stora skillnaderna i stil. Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att försöka fånga den känsla av likhet, som finns mellan några av deras verk, som uttrycker patos och kamp på liv och död mot naturens starka krafter eller människors ondska. Exempel på sådana verk är Delacroix´s Death of Sardanapalus, 1826 och Turners Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Thyphon Coming On), 1840 samt Delacroix´s The Lion Hunt, 1855 och Turners Whalers, 1845. Dessa verk ger uttryck för sublim storhet. Gemensamt för verken är också en högsta känsla för färgens måleriska möjligheter. Utvalda verk har analyserats med kontextuell metodik med avseende på sublimt innehåll utifrån estetiska teorier och litterära källor för det sublima enligt normerna för det akademiska måleriet i Frankrike och England under första hälften av 1800-talet. Uttryck för målerisk stil har studerats med formal metodik utifrån Ruskins och Wölfflins begrepp om det måleriska. I den formala analysen har även begrepp om komplementära färger ingått. Analysen visar att båda konstnärerna i flera avseenden inspirerats av såväl samma estetiska begrepp om det sublima, som av samma litterära klassiska och romantiska källor. Bådas stil blir alltmer expressiv med åren och deras senaste verk förebådar det moderna måleriet. Komplementära färger ingår i Delacroix´s senare stil. Släktskapet mellan Delacroix och Turner kan bäst sammanfattats utifrån Ruskins begrepp om det sublima. / Between Delacroix and Turner there is sometimes a kind of kinship as displayed in some of their works, although their great differences in style. The purpose of this thesis is an attempt to capture this feeling of similarity that can be found between some of their works expressing pathos including fights for life or death against the strong forces of Nature or the evil in Man. Examples of such works are Delacroix´s Death of Sardanapalus, 1826 and Turners Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Thyphon Coming On),1840 and Delacroix´s The Lion Hunt, 1855 and Turners Whalers, 1845. These work express sublime greatness. Common to the works are also the highest sense for the painterly possibilities of colour. Selected works have been analysed using a contextual method regarding contents of the sublime according to esthetical theories and literary sources of the sublime in agreement with the norms for the academic painting in France and England during the first half of the 19th century. Expressions of a painterly style have been studied using a formal method including the concepts of the painterly by John Ruskin and Heinrich Wölfflin. In the formal analysis also concepts of complementary colours have been studied. The analysis shows that both artists, in several ways, have been inspired by the same esthetical concepts of the sublime and the same literary classical and romantic sources. The painterly style of both artists becomes more expressive with age and their late works hint at the modern art to come. Complementary colours, are evident in the late style of Delacroix. The kinship between Delacroix and Turner can best be summarized by Ruskins words on the sublime.

The organization of eighteenth and nineteenth-century British printmaking and publishing was based on economic principles and occurred in the collaborative sphere of the engraver’s studio. Print designers, engravers, printers, and publishers formed a professional network that operated on economic principles, publishing prints that served to generate income for its participants. These ventures faced great challenges in the lengthy and laborious processes of engraving and publishing, and in financing the project for the duration of that time. This project examines the economic structure of early nineteenth-century prints. Using comprehensive accounting records, it analyzes two well-known topographical print series. The profitable Southern coast by William Bernard Cooke and George Cooke is compared to the financially unsuccessful Tour of Italy by James Hakewill, series that both were partly based on watercolors by J.M.W. Turner. A well-managed organization and a sound financial framework laid the foundation for a profitable venture. The success of print series hinged on several critical success factors, such as access to sufficient capital, strict cost containment, and optimized print editions. An examination of the conflict that ended the collaboration between Turner and the engravers Cooke, originating in Turner’s demand for higher design fees, puts the validity of the arguments of both parties in a new light. The investigation into the work practice of the engravers Cooke and the economic factors that determined the outcome of their labor contributes to a better understanding of the printmakers’ opportunities and challenges at the onset of the modern art market.