Ink wash on paper
Old London Bridge Sketchbook
Old London Bridge Sketchbook
Thames, London and South of England 1821-7
Thames, London and South of England 1821-7
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Old London Bridge Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
A Church Spire Reflected in Water with Storm Clouds
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
church
cloud
features
landscape
religious
sky
spire
storm
weather
<p>The monochrome studies in this sketchbook may be related to a group of mezzotints Turner produced in the first half of the 1820s, which are generally known as the 'Little Liber'. Watercolour designs are now known for most of the mezzotints; one is included in this display. However, while the engraved compositions are all painted in colour, the studies in this book explore similar subdued and occluded lighting effects in a more limited tonal range. This study, with its architectural motif set against bright light under a heavy sky, partly anticipates one of the prints from the 'Little Liber' series, which has been tentatively identified as a view of 'Gloucester Cathedral'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique ink wash
?A Church Spire Reflected in Water, with Storm Clouds
support: 98 × 162 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>The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/monochrome" title="Glossary definition for 'Monochrome'"><span>monochrome</span></a> studies in this sketchbook may be related to a group 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/m/mezzotint" title="Glossary definition for 'Mezzotint'"><span>mezzotints</span></a> Turner produced in the first half of the 1820s, which are generally known as the 'Little Liber'. <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>Watercolour</span></a> designs are now known for most of the mezzotints; one is included in this display. However, while the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraved</span></a> compositions are all painted in colour, the studies in this book explore similar subdued and occluded lighting effects in a more limited <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tonal</span></a> range. This study, with its architectural motif set against bright light under a heavy sky, partly anticipates one of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> from the 'Little Liber' series, which has been tentatively identified as a view of 'Gloucester Cathedral'.</p>
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architecture church cloud features landscape religious sky spire storm weather
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