Graphite and watercolour on paper
Switzerland
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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Lucerne Walls Sample
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
city wall
countries and continents
features
hill
lake
Lake Lucerne
landscape
Lucerne - non-specific
medieval
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
periods and styles
places
Switzerland
tower
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
wooded
<p>Turner made Lucerne his base on several of his late visits to Switzerland. He depicted the town and the view across the lake to Mount Rigi repeatedly. Three of the subjects completed in 1842 were of the Rigi (two studies are shown here; the finished works are reproduced in the catalogue). These are tranquil contemplations of the mountain which explore the changes brought about by different light and weather effects. The mountain was visible from the Swan Inn, the hotel Turner favoured on the quayside at Lucerne. Ruskin greatly admired these subjects and understood their importance. By 1857, when he made this selection of watercolours, he owned the finished versions of nos.23, 24 and 35.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
22 January 2007 – 25 March 2007
2007-03-25
22 January 2007 – 25 March 2007
2007-03-25
2007-01-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-01-22
JMW Turner: The Three Rigis
Collection based display
16 October 2021 – 14 July 2023
2023-07-14
16 October 2021 – 6 March 2022
2022-03-06
2021-10-16
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark)
18 May 2022 – 11 September 2022
2022-09-11
2022-05-18
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.mnac.es
8 October 2022 – 5 February 2023
2023-02-05
2022-10-08
National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
http://www.nationalgallery.ie
3 March 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-03-03
Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny, Switzerland)
2021-10-16
Turner Watercolours: Sun is God
Tate partnerships & programmes
Lucerne from the Walls: Sample Study
support: 234 × 312 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>Turner made Lucerne his base on several of his late visits to Switzerland. He depicted the town and the view across the lake to Mount Rigi repeatedly. Three of the subjects completed in 1842 were of the Rigi (two studies are shown here; the finished works are reproduced in the catalogue). These are tranquil contemplations of the mountain which explore the changes brought about by different light and weather effects. The mountain was visible from the Swan Inn, the hotel Turner favoured on the quayside at Lucerne. Ruskin greatly admired these subjects and understood their importance. By 1857, when he made this selection of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a>, he owned the finished versions of nos.23, 24 and 35.</p>
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) city wall countries and continents features hill lake Lake Lucerne landscape Lucerne - non-specific medieval mountain natural features (non-UK) periods and styles places Switzerland tower townscape townscapes / man-made features water: inland wooded
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