Graphite on paper
Italian Guide Book Sketchbook
Italian Guide Book Sketchbook
First Italian Tour 1819-20
First Italian Tour 1819-20
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Italian Guide Book Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Menelaus with Body Petroclus and Shipping
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
‘Menelaus with the body of Patroclus’, sculpture
adults
boat - non-specific
classical
diagrammatic
emotions, concepts and ideas
figure
fine art and design, named works
formal qualities
Homer, ‘Iliad’
literature and fiction
objects
people
society
transport: water
paper unique graphite
Study of ‘Menelaus with the Body of Petroclus’; and Sketch of Shipping
support: 155 × 99 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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adults boat - non-specific classical diagrammatic emotions, concepts and ideas figure fine art and design, named works formal qualities Homer, ‘Iliad’ literature and fiction ‘Menelaus with the body of Patroclus’, sculpture objects people society transport: water
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