'Tabley, Cheshire, the Seat of Sir J.F. Leicester, Bart.: Calm Morning', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Tabley, Cheshire, the Seat of Sir J.F. Leicester, Bart.: Calm Morning

Date exhibited 1809

MediumOil paint on canvas

Dimensionssupport: 910 x 1215 mm frame: 1264 x 1573 x 170 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by HM Government in lieu of tax and allocated to the Tate Gallery 1984. In situ at Petworth House

Reference

T03878

Not on display

Catalogue entry

99. [T03878] Tabley, Cheshire, the Seat of Sir J.F. Leicester, Bart.: Calm Morning Exh. 1809

TATE GALLERY AND THE NATIONAL TRUST (LORD EGREMONT COLLECTION) PETWORTH HOUSE
Canvas, 36 × 46 (91·5 × 116·8)
Signed ‘J M W Turner R A’ bottom right

Coll. Painted for Sir John Leicester, later Lord de Tabley, together with No. 98, in 1808; sale, conducted by Christie's in Lord de Tabley's house in London, 24 Hill Street, 7 July 1827 (34) bought by the third Earl of Egremont; by descent to the third Lord Leconfield who in 1947 conveyed Petworth to the National Trust; in 1957 the contents of the State Rooms were accepted by the Treasury in part payment of death duties.

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