Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
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Composition A Classical Landscape
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
classical
features
figure
group
groups
landscape
people
periods and styles
religious
river
temple
tower
water: inland
wooded
<p>Turner's alternative notes for a title for this classical composition incorporate ideas of national pride and independent identity at a time when Greece was enslaved by the Turks. The ironic contrast with modern Greece is implicit, and anticipates Byron's poignant comparisons in 'Childe Harold'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique pen ink watercolour
Composition Study: A Classical Landscape
support: 328 × 479 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>Turner's alternative notes for a title for 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/c/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>classical</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> incorporate ideas of national pride and independent identity at a time when Greece was enslaved by the Turks. The ironic contrast with modern Greece is implicit, and anticipates Byron's poignant comparisons in 'Childe Harold'.</p>
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adults architecture bridge bridges and viaducts classical features figure group groups landscape people periods and styles religious river temple tower water: inland wooded