Joseph Mallord William Turner

Vignette Study; Sea, Sun and Cliffs

c.1825–36

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In Tate Britain

Prints and Drawings Room

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Watercolours Related to The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell
Medium
Graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 206 × 175 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D27603
Turner Bequest CCLXXX 86

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During the 1830s Turner collaborated with the poet Samuel Rogers to provide illustrations for a volume of poems, a number of which had nautical themes. The designs, such as Tornaro, were highly finished and detailed watercolours in vignette form (small-scale images with no defined border). Nevertheless the emphasis on the effects of colour and light on the sea and sky owe much to Turner’s experimental, loose studies.

Gallery label, July 2008

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