Watercolour and gouache on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Byron’s Life and Works 1832-1834 Watercolours
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Parnassus and Castalian Spring Delphi
Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
building
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
classical
countries and continents
Delphi, Castalian Spring
dog - non-specific
domestic
drawing water
features
Greece
hill
landscape
Mount Parnassus
natural features (non-UK)
people
periods and styles
places
ruins
stair / step
townscapes / man-made features
well
woman
work and occupations
<p>Engraved by Edward Finden, this design first appeared as the frontispiece-vignette to vol.XIV of the 'Life and Works' of Byron. Turner's working drawing was supplied by William Page. The subject introduces a passage in 'The Island', where the narrator reflects on his experiences of North and South, where he had 'revered Parnassus' and mingled 'Highland Linns with Castalie's clear fount'. The scene is Delphi (not yet excavated), with the village of Castri on the slopes of Parnassus; the Castalian stream descends from caverns in the mountain. Turner's vignette beautifully combines the everyday activities of modern Greece with echoes of antiquity and mythology, and evokes through mist and water the eternal energies of nature.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache
18 August 2009 – 19 July 2010
2010-07-19
18 August 2009 – 19 July 2010
2010-07-19
2009-08-18
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-08-18
Watercolours
Collection based display
16 October 2021 – 14 July 2023
2023-07-14
16 October 2021 – 6 March 2022
2022-03-06
2021-10-16
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark)
18 May 2022 – 11 September 2022
2022-09-11
2022-05-18
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.mnac.es
3 March 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-03-03
Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny, Switzerland)
2021-10-16
Turner Watercolours: Sun is God
Tate partnerships & programmes
Parnassus and Castalian Spring (Delphi)
support: 256 × 205 mm
Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
<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> by Edward Finden, this design first appeared as the frontispiece-vignette to vol.XIV of the 'Life and Works' of Byron. Turner's working <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> was supplied by William Page. The subject introduces a passage in 'The Island', where the narrator reflects on his experiences of North and South, where he had 'revered Parnassus' and mingled 'Highland Linns with Castalie's clear fount'. The scene is Delphi (not yet excavated), with the village of Castri on the slopes of Parnassus; the Castalian stream descends from caverns in the mountain. Turner's vignette beautifully combines the everyday activities of modern Greece with echoes of antiquity and mythology, and evokes through mist and water the eternal energies of nature.
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adults animals: mammals architecture building cities, towns, villages (non-UK) classical countries and continents Delphi, Castalian Spring dog - non-specific domestic drawing water features Greece hill landscape Mount Parnassus natural features (non-UK) people periods and styles places ruins stair / step townscapes / man-made features well woman work and occupations