Watercolour on paper
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Byron’s Life and Works 1832-1834 Watercolours
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Walls Rome with Tomb Caius Sestus
Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
building
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
city wall
countries and continents
features
goat
graveyard
group
groups
Italy
monuments
people
places
pyramid
Rome, Tomb of Caius Sextus
ruins
tomb
tower
townscapes / man-made features
woman
<p>Engraved by Edward Finden, this design first appeared as the title-vignette to vol.XIII of the 'Life and Works' of Byron. It introduced Byron's verse-drama 'The Deformed Transformed', several scenes of which take place before the walls of Rome - walls which have 'guided in great ages,/ and sent forth mighty spirits'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
8 February 2013 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
8 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-08
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
4 June 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
2013-06-04
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
8 October 2013 – 18 December 2013
2013-12-18
2013-10-08
Toyko Metropolitan Art Museum (Toyko, Japan)
1 January 2014 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
2014-01-01
Kobe City Museum (Kobe, Japan)
2013-02-08
J.M.W. Turner: Makings of a Master
Loan-out
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
The Walls of Rome with the Tomb of Caius Sestus
support: 232 × 285 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 title-vignette to vol.XIII of the 'Life and Works' of Byron. It introduced Byron's verse-drama 'The Deformed Transformed', several scenes of which take place before the walls of Rome - walls which have 'guided in great ages,/ and sent forth mighty spirits'.
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adults animals: mammals architecture building cities, towns, villages (non-UK) city wall countries and continents features goat graveyard group groups Italy monuments people places pyramid Rome, Tomb of Caius Sextus ruins tomb tower townscapes / man-made features woman