In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Part of
- Como and Splugen Sketchbook
- Medium
- Graphite and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- None
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D33636
Turner Bequest CCCXXXVIII 4
Display caption
These two views on Lake Como date from Turner's visit there in 1843, when he was apparently seen sketching by William Lake Price. Both sheets come from a 'roll' sketchbook where he worked mostly in pencil, but which also included four watercolour studies. Though Turner has adopted a radically distinct approach in each sketch, using his fingers to work the paint in the less detailed image, they actually show almost the same view from within the harbour at Como.
Gallery label, September 2004
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