Graphite and watercolour on paper
Keepsake Colour Studies c.1827-32
Keepsake Colour Studies c.1827-32
Italy
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>
Lago Maggiore
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
countries and continents
Italy
lake
Lake Como
Lake Garda
landscape
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
places
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>The setting shown in this richly coloured unfinished watercolour has so far not been identified. It may relate to other studies that Turner made in Northern  Italy and near the Mediterranean coast. The distant mountains could well be  those around the lakes of Garda or  Como, which Turner had visited in 1819.</p><p>The central area of the foreground of this represents the preliminary structures of a town or city. This gives some idea of how Turner steadily built up the details of his finished watercolours.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
Lago Maggiore
support: 311 × 585 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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The setting shown in this richly coloured unfinished <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>watercolour</span></a> has so far not been identified. It may relate to other studies that Turner made in Northern <br/>
Italy and near the Mediterranean coast. The distant mountains could well be <br/>
those around the lakes of Garda or <br/>
Como, which Turner had visited in 1819.</p>
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The central area of the foreground of this represents the preliminary structures of a town or city. This gives some idea of how Turner steadily built up the details of his finished watercolours.</p>
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2017-07-23T00:00:00
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TURNER_CATALOGUE_TEXT_WORK
architecture countries and continents Italy lake Lake Como Lake Garda landscape mountain natural features (non-UK) places townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features water: inland
CCLXIII 33