Chalk on paper
Calais Pier Sketchbook
Calais Pier Sketchbook
History Painting c.1799-1807
History Painting c.1799-1807
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Calais Pier Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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a Picture Parting Hero and Leander
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: expressive
adults
architecture
classical
classical myths: gods and heroes
coast
countries and continents
couple
features
figure
Hero
historical: imagined views
Leander
leaving
literature and fiction
Musaeus
people
places
religion and belief
seascapes and coasts
Sestos
sex and relationships
society
stair / step
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
Turkey
wave
paper unique chalk
Study for a Picture of the Parting of Hero and Leander
support: 271 × 436 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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Catalogue entry
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actions: expressive adults architecture classical classical myths: gods and heroes coast countries and continents couple features figure Hero historical: imagined views Leander leaving literature and fiction Musaeus people places religion and belief seascapes and coasts Sestos sex and relationships society stair / step townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features Turkey wave
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