Watercolour on paper
‘Rivers of England’ Watercolours
‘Rivers of England’ Watercolours
Rivers of England c.1822-4
Rivers of England c.1822-4
Leeds
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
Kirkstall Lock on River Aire
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abbey
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
boat, barge
bridge
bridges and viaducts
building site
canal
carriage
England
group
groups
horse
house
industrial
industrial and crafts
Kirkstall, Kirkstall Abbey
landscape
Leeds
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
lock
man
mason
people
places
religious
religious
residential
river
River Aire
ruins
society
sunrise
times of the day
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK man-made landmarks
UK natural features
valley
water: inland
wooded
work and occupations
<p>Turner witnessed the growth and eventual decline of canal building in England, and included canals in many of his topographical views. Kirkstall Lock, on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, was situated on the outskirts of Leeds, a centre for textile manufacturing. Here Turner invites us to think about the passage of time and how a landscape changes: the medieval ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, quiet and obsolete, form a background to the bustle of the new canal, the road and the builders in the foreground.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique 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
14 March 2012 – 5 June 2012
2012-06-05
14 March 2012 – 5 June 2012
2012-06-05
2012-03-14
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
2012-03-14
Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude
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
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
Kirkstall Lock, on the River Aire
support: 159 × 235 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>Turner witnessed the growth and eventual decline of canal building in England, and included canals in many of his topographical views. Kirkstall Lock, on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, was situated on the outskirts of Leeds, a centre for textile manufacturing. Here Turner invites us to think about the passage of time and how a landscape changes: the medieval ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, quiet and obsolete, form a background to the bustle of the new canal, the road and the builders in the foreground.</p>
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abbey adults animals: mammals architecture boat, barge bridge bridges and viaducts building site canal carriage England group groups horse house industrial industrial and crafts Kirkstall, Kirkstall Abbey landscape Leeds Leeds and Liverpool Canal lock man mason people places religious religious residential river River Aire ruins society sunrise times of the day townscapes / man-made features transport: land transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK man-made landmarks UK natural features valley water: inland wooded work and occupations
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