Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
Welsh, Isle of Wight and Other Subjects
Welsh, Isle of Wight and Other Subjects
Wales and Isle of Wight 1795-1800
Wales and Isle of Wight 1795-1800
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>
Trees beside a River or Lake
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
lake
natural phenomena
reflection
tree
water: inland
<p>The colour range in this study of  trees beside a lake is typical of late eighteenth-century watercolourists: subdued blues, greens and greys,  and warmer earth tones. Turner has clearly tested each of his washes at  the bottom of the page before using  them in the picture.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache graphite watercolour
Trees beside a River or Lake
support: 210 × 272 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 colour range in this study of <br/>
trees beside a lake is typical of late eighteenth-century <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>watercolourists</span></a>: subdued blues, greens and greys, <br/>
and warmer earth <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>. Turner has clearly tested each of his washes at <br/>
the bottom of the page before using <br/>
them in the picture.</p>
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lake natural phenomena reflection tree water: inland
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