
In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Graphite and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 735 x 467 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D17116
Turner Bequest CXCV 145
Display caption
According to the standard rules of perspective the sides of the tower should be shown as strictly vertical, but to give a greater sense of height Turner made some parts of the tower lean and twist. He did not do this in a consistent way and the building looks a little unstable. Although Turner objected to the way perspective showed tall buildings he did not develop a full alternative system for representing them.
Gallery label, August 2004
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