
In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 212 × 276 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D33671
Turner Bequest CCCXL 6
Display caption
When travelling back from Venice in 1840, Turner made sketches at Passau and Burg Ilz in a 'roll' sketchbook which was slightly smaller than those he generally carried with him. As well as the seven topographical views, the book contained three watercolour sky studies. In this subject, the expanse of water could represent the River Danube, but it is perhaps more probable that this was an effect he saw while crossing the Channel at the end of the tour.
Gallery label, August 2004
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dark Clouds over the Sea ?near Boulogne
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1845 -
Joseph Mallord William Turner The Sun and Clouds over the Sea, Perhaps at Margate
1845 -
Joseph Mallord William Turner The Sun and Clouds over the Sea, Perhaps at Margate
1845 -
Joseph Mallord William Turner The Sun and Clouds over the Sea, Perhaps at Margate
1845 -
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c.1840–5