Graphite and watercolour on paper
Liber Studiorum: The Frontispiece and Parts 1-4
Liber Studiorum: The Frontispiece and Parts 1-4
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Switzerland
Tate Collection
Works with images
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>
Lake Thun
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
bank
boat, sailing
cart
countries and continents
group
groups
gun, rifle
lake
Lake Thun
landscape
lightning
man
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
objects
people
places
society
storm
Switzerland
transport: land
transport: water
water: inland
wave
weapons
weather
<p>When Turner visited Switzerland in 1802, the country was very unsettled, with soldiers everywhere. The tense atmosphere was matched by its unstable mountain geology and climate. A soldier watches as lightning plays over Lake Thun. Turner included this ‘mountainous’ image in his landscape compositions in the <span>Liber Studiorum</span> (‘book of studies’) series of engravings.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
6 July 2019 – 2 May 2021
2021-05-02
6 July 2019 – 13 October 2019
2019-10-13
2019-07-06
Kunstmuseum (Luzern, Switzerland)
http://www.kunstmuseumluzern.ch
2019-07-06
The Sea and the Alps: Turner's Quest for the Sublime
Tate partnerships & programmes
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
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
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
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
3 February 2025 – 31 October 2025
2025-10-31
3 February 2025 – 31 October 2025
2025-10-31
2025-02-03
Whitworth Art Gallery (Manchester, UK)
http://www.whitworth.man.ac.uk
2025-02-03
In Light and Shade - J.M.W. Turner's Liber Studiorum
Loan-out
Lake of Thun
support: 185 × 264 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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<p>When Turner visited Switzerland in 1802, the country was very unsettled, with soldiers everywhere. The tense atmosphere was matched by its unstable mountain geology and climate. A soldier watches as lightning plays over Lake Thun. Turner included this ‘mountainous’ image in his landscape compositions in the <i>Liber Studiorum</i> (‘book of studies’) series of engravings.</p>
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adults bank boat, sailing cart countries and continents group groups gun, rifle lake Lake Thun landscape lightning man mountain natural features (non-UK) objects people places society storm Switzerland transport: land transport: water water: inland wave weapons weather
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