In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 231 x 370 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D16347
Turner Bequest CLXXXIX 21
Display caption
Rome was considered by artists, patrons and connoisseurs to be the artistic capital of Europe. Thomas Lawrence wrote to fellow artist Joseph Farington in 1819, 'Turner should come to Rome. His Genius would here be supplied with new Materials and entirely congenial with it.'
This is one of many sketches Turner made during his first stay in Rome, in 1819. After his return he used his sketches as the basis for major oil paintings, including The Bay
of Baiae (shown in this room) and the Forum Romanum, for Mr Soanes Museum (shown in room 41).
Gallery label, September 2004
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