Graphite and watercolour on paper
Liber Studiorum: Probable or Possible Designs, not Engraved in Turner’s Lifetime
Liber Studiorum: Probable or Possible Designs, not Engraved in Turner’s Lifetime
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Decade 1800-1810
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Vaughan Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Victory Coming up Channel with Body Nelson
Bequeathed by Henry Vaughan 1900
adults
boat - non-specific
England
English Channel
figure
history
military
Napoleonic Wars, 1796-1815
people
places
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
ship, warship, ‘HMS Victory’
society
transport: water
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
<p>This watercolour was based on a painting probably exhibited in 1806 and bought by Turner’s friend and patron Walter Fawkes. It shows the <span>Victory</span> from three angles, supposedly returning from the Battle of Trafalgar, in which Nelson had been fatally wounded. In fact, Nelson’s flagship is shown without battle damage, sailing in the wrong direction and not flying her ensign at half-mast as she did when bringing Nelson’s body back to Britain.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
1 June 2002 – 31 August 2002
2002-08-31
1 June 2002 – 31 August 2002
2002-08-31
2002-06-01
Portsmouth City Council (Portsmouth, UK)
2002-06-01
Our Roaring Channels: Turner, Portsmouth and the Sea
Loan-out
7 July 2005 – 13 November 2005
2005-11-13
7 July 2005 – 13 November 2005
2005-11-13
2005-07-07
National Maritime Museum (London, UK)
http://www.nmm.ac.uk
2005-07-07
Nelson and Napoléon
Loan-out
21 November 2013 – 1 September 2014
2014-09-01
21 November 2013 – 21 April 2014
2014-04-21
2013-11-21
National Maritime Museum (London, UK)
http://www.nmm.ac.uk
4 June 2014 – 1 September 2014
2014-09-01
2014-06-04
Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, USA)
http://www.pem.org
2013-11-21
Turner and Marine Painting: Imagining the Sea, 1796 - 1899
Loan-out
22 March 2018 – 17 June 2018
2018-06-17
22 March 2018 – 17 June 2018
2018-06-17
2018-03-22
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust (Chatham, UK)
2018-03-22
400th Anniversary of Historic Dockyard Chatham
Loan-out
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
2022-09-26
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2022-09-26
JMW Turner and Lamin Fofana: Dark Waters
Collection based display
The ‘Victory’ Coming up the Channel with the Body of Nelson
support: 200 × 285 mm
Bequeathed by Henry Vaughan 1900
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<p>This watercolour was based on a painting probably exhibited in 1806 and bought by Turner’s friend and patron Walter Fawkes. It shows the <i>Victory</i> from three angles, supposedly returning from the Battle of Trafalgar, in which Nelson had been fatally wounded. In fact, Nelson’s flagship is shown without battle damage, sailing in the wrong direction and not flying her ensign at half-mast as she did when bringing Nelson’s body back to Britain.</p>
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adults boat - non-specific England English Channel figure history military Napoleonic Wars, 1796-1815 people places sea seascapes and coasts ship, sailing ship, warship, ‘HMS Victory’ society transport: water UK countries and regions UK natural features
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