Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Leader Sea Piece

c.1806–7

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Liber Studiorum: The Frontispiece and Parts 1-4
Medium
Watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 183 × 260 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D08125
Turner Bequest CXVI X

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Between 1806 and 1819 Turner was working on a set of images for a publication known as the Liber Studiorum (Book of Studies). The series, based on Claude Lorrain’s famous Liber Veritatis (Book of Truth), consisted of seventy-one prints in brown ink, after watercolours by Turner. Shown here are three of the watercolours, and one of the prints from the project.

Turner’s intention was to promote landscape art in its various manifestations and he devoted an entire category to ‘Marine Landscape’. Some of the seascapes were entirely new designs; others were based on existing compositions.

Gallery label, July 2008

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