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 Two Artists in Old Library with Washington Allstons Painting Jacobs Dream Hanging over Fireplace Artist and Amateur
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: postures and motions
adults
Allston, Washington, painting, ‘Jacob’s Dream’
artist - non-specific
arts and entertainment
domestic
England
England, South East
England, Southern
figure
fine art and design, named works
fine arts and music
interiors
library
man
nudes
objects
painting
people
Petworth, Petworth House
places
sculpture
sitting
standing
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, West
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
work and occupations
<p>Petworth was a haven for artists. Those who stayed there could use the Old Library, seen here, as a studio. Lord Egremont encouraged visiting artists to move works from his extensive collection to the Old Library, or even to their bedrooms, for study. Egremont’s collection included British artists like Thomas Gainsborough and William Blake alongside European Old Masters. In this watercolour Turner depicts two artists at work beneath a painting by US artist Washington Allston. On Turner’s later visits to Petworth, he claimed the Old Library for his exclusive use.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2023</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
4 July 2002 – 29 September 2002
2002-09-29
4 July 2002 – 29 September 2002
2002-09-29
2002-07-04
National Trust: Petworth House (Petworth, UK)
2002-07-04
Turner at Petworth
Loan-out
13 March 2023
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2023-03-13
Gallery 102
Collection based display
Petworth House: Two Artists in the Old Library, with Washington Allston’s Painting ‘Jacob’s Dream’ Hanging over the Fireplace (‘The Artist and the Amateur’)
support: 140 × 191 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>Petworth was a haven for artists. Those who stayed there could use the Old Library, seen here, as a studio. Lord Egremont encouraged visiting artists to move works from his extensive collection to the Old Library, or even to their bedrooms, for study. Egremont’s collection included British artists like Thomas Gainsborough and William Blake alongside European Old Masters. In this watercolour Turner depicts two artists at work beneath a painting by US artist Washington Allston. On Turner’s later visits to Petworth, he claimed the Old Library for his exclusive use.</p>
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