'Distant View of London ?from Nunhead with the Dome of St Paul's and the Sun Breaking through Stormy Clouds', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Distant View of London ?from Nunhead with the Dome of St Paul's and the Sun Breaking through Stormy Clouds

From Wilson Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XXXVII

Date 1796-7

MediumGouache, graphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 113 x 93 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D01174

Turner Bequest XXXVII 57

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Turner's sketchbooks

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townscape, distant (8,180)

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

Wilson Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest