The Arrival of Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth, 8 October 1844
circa 1844-5
Oil on canvas
support: 908 x 1213 mm
frame: 1284 x 1590 x 83 mm
painting
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
N04660
This is another Venetian subject begun around the mid-1840s but abandoned, perhaps because Turner had begun to explore different formats, instead of the traditional standard sizes he had until then used for his exhibited Venetian .
(From the display caption August 2004)
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