Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin

View in the Bay of Baiae, with Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance

c.1794–8

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Artists
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Part of
Album of Copies of Italian Views for Dr Thomas Monro
Medium
Ink wash and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
None
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D36464
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 51

Catalogue entry

The handling of the washes is less assured here than in folio 52 recto (D36465), which is one of the most accomplished of the series; but it is nevertheless fairly certainly the work of Turner. The style of the pencil drawing is unusually clearly seen in the uncoloured spray of foliage at lower right, which reveals the characteristic mannerisms of Thomas Girtin.
Verso:
Blank (laid down).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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