Watercolour on paper
Watercolours Related to The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell
Watercolours Related to The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell
Vignette watercolours  c.1826-1843
Vignette watercolours  c.1826-1843
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Black Boat Vignette Boat in Andes Coast Campbells Poetical Works
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
America, South
astronomy
Campbell, Thomas, ‘Poetical Works’
countries and continents
landscape
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
moon
night
places
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship - non-specific
sky
society
times of the day
transport: water
<p>During the 1820s and 1830s Turner provided twenty small-scale vignette illustrations for an edition of Thomas Campbell’s Poetical Works 1837. This watercolour is a study for a finished design which accompanies part of the poem The Pleasures of Hope.</p><p>The poem uses the metaphor of a beleaguered ship at sea guided by a star as a symbol of hope:</p><p>‘Rocks, waves, and winds the shatter’d bark delay-</p><p>Thy heart is sad, thy home is far away.</p><p>But Hope can here her moonlight vigils keep,</p><p>And sing to charm the spirit of the deep.’</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
2005-03-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
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Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
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2005-03-23
Turner and the Sea
Collection based display
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
2022-09-26
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2022-09-26
JMW Turner and Lamin Fofana: Dark Waters
Collection based display
‘The Black Boat’; Vignette Study for the Boat in ‘The Andes Coast’ for Campbell’s ‘Poetical Works’
support: 214 × 280 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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<span class="text15">During the 1820s and 1830s Turner provided</span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text16">twenty small-scale vignette      illustrations for</span><span class="text7"> an edition of Thomas      Campbell’s </span><span class="text18">Poetical Works</span><span class="text7"> 1837. This <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> is a study for a finished design      which accompanies part of the poem </span><span class="text18">The      Pleasures of Hope</span><span class="text7">. </span>
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<span class="text7">The poem uses the metaphor of a beleaguered ship at sea      guided by a star as a symbol of hope: </span>
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<span class="text18">‘Rocks, waves, and winds the shatter’d      bark delay- </span>
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<span class="text18">Thy heart is sad, thy home is far away. </span>
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<span class="text17">But Hope can here her moonlight vigils keep,</span><span class="text18">
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<span class="text18">And sing to charm the spirit of the deep.’ </span>
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America, South astronomy Campbell, Thomas, ‘Poetical Works’ countries and continents landscape literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) moon night places sea seascapes and coasts ship - non-specific sky society times of the day transport: water
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