Watercolour and gouache on paper
Studies of Petworth Park and the Surrounding Landscape
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<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>
Evening A Boat on a River with a Distant Tower near Petworth
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
boat - non-specific
features
figure
natural phenomena
people
reflection
river
society
sunset
times of the day
tower
transport: water
tree
water: inland
<p>During the later 1820s, Turner began  to use of sheets of blue paper for his personal studies. The more informal  of these studies are now exhibited as individual works. However, in many  cases they were in fact created by  Turner across the surface of much  larger pieces of paper that he folded into sixteen sections. Evidence of this working practice is still discernible in these two drawings. Turner has used the same colours in each to evoke the twilight.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache
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
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
Evening: A Boat on a River with a Distant Tower, ?near Petworth
support: 139 × 193 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
<p>
During the later 1820s, Turner began <br/>
to use of sheets of blue <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> for his personal studies. The more informal <br/>
of these studies are now exhibited as individual works. However, in many <br/>
cases they were in fact created by <br/>
Turner across the surface of much <br/>
larger pieces of paper that he folded into sixteen sections. Evidence of this working practice is still discernible in these two <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>drawings</span></a>. Turner has used the same colours in each to evoke the twilight.</p>
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adults architecture boat - non-specific features figure natural phenomena people reflection river society sunset times of the day tower transport: water tree water: inland
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