'Shipping off the Molo', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Shipping off the Molo

From Venice and Botzen Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCCXIII

Date 1840

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 173 x 123 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D31809

Turner Bequest CCCXIII 10

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Venice and Botzen Sketchbook

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

Italy

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1840s

Venice and Botzen Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest