Graphite and watercolour on paper
Como and Splugen Sketchbook
Como and Splugen Sketchbook
Italy
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>
Lake Como
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
countries and continents
Italy
lake
Lake Como
landscape
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
places
water: inland
<p>These two views on Lake Como date from Turner's visit there in 1843, when he was apparently seen sketching by William Lake Price. Both sheets come from a 'roll' sketchbook where he worked mostly in pencil, but which also included four watercolour studies. Though Turner has adopted a radically distinct approach in each sketch, using his fingers to work the paint in the less detailed image, they actually show almost the same view from within the harbour at Como.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
1 October 2007 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
1 October 2007 – 6 January 2008
2008-01-06
2007-10-01
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
10 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-10
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, USA)
http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
23 June 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
2008-06-23
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2007-10-01
JMW Turner
Tate partnerships & programmes
Lake Como
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>These two views on Lake Como date from Turner's visit there in 1843, when he was apparently seen sketching by William Lake Price. Both sheets come from a 'roll' sketchbook where he worked mostly in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a>, but which also included four <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> studies. Though Turner has adopted a radically distinct approach in each sketch, using his fingers to work the paint in the less detailed image, they actually show almost the same view from within the harbour at Como.</p>
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countries and continents Italy lake Lake Como landscape mountain natural features (non-UK) places water: inland
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