Gouache, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Venice: Down the Side Canals
Venice: Down the Side Canals
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
Figures on a Bridge Venice at Night
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
arch
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
canal
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
figure
industrial
Italy
people
places
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
Venice - non-specific
<p>The sheer number of different papers that Turner actually used differentiates him from many other artists. He acquired new papers on every journey on his constant travels throughout Britain and the Continent, either as whole sheets or as pages from sketchbooks.</p><p>It is highly likely that this paper came from one of the mills near Venice. Several of the ‘brown’ papers that Turner worked on in Venice are actually different tones of grey, mostly of Italian manufacture. Some have been badly affected by light damage, turning them from grey to various tones of dark brown.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache pen ink watercolour
26 May 2003 – 8 December 2003
2003-12-08
26 May 2003
2003-05-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-26
British Watercolours: Turner and his Contemporaries around 1840
Collection based display
13 March 2023
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2023-03-13
Gallery 102
Collection based display
Figures on a Bridge, Venice, at Night
support: 224 × 286 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
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<span class="text0">The sheer number of different papers  that Turner      actually used differentiates  him from many other artists. He acquired </span><span class="text13">new papers on every journey on his </span><span class="text0">constant travels throughout Britain and  </span><span class="text15">the Continent, either as whole sheets </span><span class="text0">
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<span class="text0">It is highly likely that this <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> came  from one of      the mills near Venice. Several of the ‘brown’ papers that      Turner worked on in Venice are actually different <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>tones</span></a> </span><span class="text15">of grey, mostly of Italian manufacture. </span><span class="text0">Some have been badly affected by light </span><span class="text14">damage,      turning them from grey to various</span><span class="text0"> tones of      dark brown. </span>
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adults arch architecture bridge bridges and viaducts canal cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features figure industrial Italy people places townscape townscapes / man-made features Venice - non-specific
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