Graphite and watercolour on paper
Liber Studiorum: Probable or Possible Designs, not Engraved in Turner’s Lifetime
Liber Studiorum: Probable or Possible Designs, not Engraved in Turner’s Lifetime
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Berkshire
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>
Windsor Castle Thames
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
bank
Berkshire
boat, sailing
castle
England
England, South East
England, Southern
herdsman / herdswoman
herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess
hill
landscape
man
military
people
places
river
River Thames
sheep
society
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
Windsor, Windsor Castle
woman
wooded
work and occupations
<p>This drawing of Windsor Castle from Salt Hill was made for an unpublished plate for Turner's series of illustrations of different types of landscape composition, the Liber Studiorum. This included numerous examples of British scenery. As a royal residence and a picturesque castle, Windsor was both the focus of patriotic sentiment and the climax of the contemporary tourist's Thames itinerary. Turner nevertheless places it in a hazy distance, juxtaposed with a humble scene of sheep-washing in the foreground.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
Windsor Castle from the Thames
support: 222 × 295 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>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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> of Windsor Castle from Salt Hill  was made for an unpublished plate for Turner's series of illustrations of different types of  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/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a>, the Liber Studiorum. This included numerous examples of British scenery.  As a royal residence and a <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/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> castle, Windsor was both the focus of patriotic sentiment and the climax of the contemporary tourist's Thames itinerary. Turner nevertheless places  it in a hazy distance, juxtaposed with a humble scene of sheep-washing in the foreground.</p>
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adults agriculture and fishing animals: mammals architecture bank Berkshire boat, sailing castle England England, South East England, Southern herdsman / herdswoman herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess hill landscape man military people places river River Thames sheep society transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland Windsor, Windsor Castle woman wooded work and occupations
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