In Tate Britain
Turner's Modern World
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- Artist
- After Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- None
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Transferred from the British Museum 1988
- Reference
- T06137
Display caption
This print conveys a sense of the bustle of commercial and passenger traffic on the Thames in Turner’s time. A noteworthy
detail is the presence of two steam
packets, identifiable as the Talbot and the Lord Melville, both cross-channel ferries.
The image was probably created for a proposed series of prints showing Picturesque Views of London and its Environs. The stately presence of the Tower of London in the upper half of the engraving serves to establish the presence of history amongst the
bustle of modern life.
Gallery label, August 2004
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