Graphite and watercolour on paper
Liber Studiorum: Parts 5-10
Liber Studiorum: Parts 5-10
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Tate Collection
Works with images
Works on loan
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Liber Studiorum 1807-1819 Watercolours
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>
London Greenwich
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
animals: mammals
architecture
deer
dome
England
features
garden structures
Greenwich, Greenwich Park
Greenwich, Royal Naval Hospital
hospital
landscape
London - non-specific
park
places
public and municipal
river
River Thames
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK countries and regions
UK London
UK natural features
water: inland
wooded
<p>A design for the mezzotint in Turner's 'Liber Studiorum', a series of prints exemplifying the different categories of landscape art. Based on the painting 'London', of 1809 (in Room 108), the mezzotint was published in 1811. London is only a distant presence in this panoramic view from Greenwich Hill. The spires of the city churches, and the dome of St. Paul's, pierce a low canopy of cloud. Shipping on the river attests to the commercial energy of the metropolis. Inigo Jones's Queen's House and Wren's Royal Naval Hospital are seen in the middle distance.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
19 July 2003 – 11 January 2004
2004-01-11
19 July 2003 – 11 January 2004
2004-01-11
2003-07-19
Lowry Museum (Salford, UK)
2003-07-19
The Impossible View
Loan-out
6 July 2024 – 31 October 2024
2024-10-31
6 July 2024 – 31 October 2024
2024-10-31
2024-07-06
Turner’s House (Twickenham, UK)
2024-07-06
A World of Care: Turner and the Environment
Loan-out
London from Greenwich
support: 181 × 262 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>A design for the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/mezzotint" title="Glossary definition for 'Mezzotint'"><span>mezzotint</span></a> in Turner's 'Liber Studiorum', a series of <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/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> exemplifying the different categories of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> art. Based on the <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> 'London', of 1809 (in Room 108), the mezzotint was published in 1811. London is only a distant presence in this panoramic view from Greenwich Hill. The spires of the city churches, and the dome of St. Paul's, pierce a low canopy of cloud. Shipping on the river attests to the commercial energy of the metropolis. Inigo Jones's Queen's House and Wren's Royal Naval Hospital are seen in the middle distance.</p>
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animals: mammals architecture deer dome England features garden structures Greenwich, Greenwich Park Greenwich, Royal Naval Hospital hospital landscape London - non-specific park places public and municipal river River Thames townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK countries and regions UK London UK natural features water: inland wooded
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