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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Composition Venus and Adonis
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Adonis
adults
Aphrodite / Venus
classical
classical myths: gods and heroes
female
group
groups
landscape
literature and fiction
man
nudes
Ovid, ‘Metamorphoses’
people
religion and belief
woman
wooded
paper unique chalk
Composition Study for ‘Venus and Adonis’
support: 436 × 271 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
2016-04-17T00:00:00
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Adonis adults Aphrodite / Venus classical classical myths: gods and heroes female group groups landscape literature and fiction man nudes Ovid, ‘Metamorphoses’ people religion and belief woman wooded
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