In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Part of
- Liber Studiorum: Parts 5-10
- Medium
- Etching and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 177 × 258 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by W.G. Rawlinson 1913
- Reference
- N02941
Display caption
Linking London and the Midlands, the Grand Junction Canal (later part of the Grand Union Canal) was begun in 1793. Turner’s close-up focus on the infrastructure of the lock, combined with the windmill, highlights the ways in which people were harnessing nature in productive ways, using water and wind power to fuel the modern world.
Gallery label, November 2022
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