Romantics
Tate Britain: Display
9 August 2010 – 9 April 2012
Free
Part of the series BP Displays
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Henry Wallis
Chatterton 1856
Oil on canvas
support: 622 x 933 mm frame: 905 x 1205 x 132 mm
Bequeathed by Charles Gent Clement 1899
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sunrise with Sea Monsters circa 1845
Oil on canvas
support: 914 x 1219 mm frame: 1066 x 1373 x 75 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
John Constable
Sketch for 'Hadleigh Castle' circa 1828-9
Oil on canvas
support: 1226 x 1673 mm frame: 1507 x 1951 x 153 mm
Purchased 1935
This major display presents Romantic art in Britain: its origins, inspirations and legacies. Drawn from Tate’s collection, it showcases major works by Henry Fuseli, J.M.W. Turner, John Constable and Samuel Palmer.