'Thun: Church and Castle from the Aare River Bank', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Thun: Church and Castle from the Aare River Bank

From St Gothard and Mont Blanc Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXV

Date 1802

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 321 x 473 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D04622

Turner Bequest LXXV 30

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

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1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

St Gothard and Mont Blanc Sketchbook

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