Gouache and watercolour on paper
Petworth House: Studies of Interiors and Figures
Sussex, West
Sussex - non-specific
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Petworth House Figures in White Library Including Lord Egremont
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
aristocrat
domestic
Egremont, George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of
England
England, South East
England, Southern
group
groups
groups
interiors
library
man
named individuals
people
Petworth, Petworth House
places
portraits
royalty and social rank
sitting
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, West
talking
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
woman
work and occupations
<p>These works are part of a large group  of studies produced during Turner's visit  to Petworth in 1827. This grand country house, to the south-west of London,  was the principal home of Lord Egremont. He was a wealthy patron of contemporary art, who allowed artists to use Petworth  as an open studio.</p><p>The vivid impressions preserved in Turner's drawings show the relaxed nature of social gatherings at the house. Some focus on the intimacies of the bedrooms. These suggest either that Turner overstepped the bounds of decency, or that he delighted in creating fantasies about his fellow guests.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
1 January 2013 – 31 March 2013
2013-03-31
1 January 2013 – 31 March 2013
2013-03-31
2013-01-01
National Trust (Petworth, West Sussex)
2013-01-01
Turner's Sussex
Loan-out
Petworth House: Figures in the White Library, ?Including Lord Egremont
support: 142 × 188 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>
These works are part of a large group <br/>
of studies produced during Turner's visit <br/>
to Petworth in 1827. This grand country house, to the south-west of London, <br/>
was the principal home of Lord Egremont. He was a wealthy patron of contemporary art, who allowed artists to use Petworth <br/>
as an open studio.</p>
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 </p>
<p>
The vivid impressions preserved in Turner's <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> show the relaxed nature of social gatherings at the house. Some focus on the intimacies of the bedrooms. These suggest either that Turner overstepped the bounds of decency, or that he delighted in creating fantasies about his fellow guests.</p>
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults aristocrat domestic Egremont, George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of England England, South East England, Southern group groups groups interiors library man named individuals people Petworth, Petworth House places portraits royalty and social rank sitting Sussex - non-specific Sussex, West talking UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions woman work and occupations
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