- Title:
- Venice, The Mouth of the Grand Canal
- Date:
- ca. 1840
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches (22.2 x 31.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "J.M.W. TURNER : VENICE , THE MOUTH OF THE GRAND CANAL"
Watermark: Whatman 1834
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4652
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boats | buildings | canal | canal | cityscape | dome | Grand Tour | marine art | steeples
- Associated Places:
- Europe | Grand Canal | Italy | Veneto | Venezia | Venice
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5487
- Export:
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Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Turner and Venice (Kimbell Art Museum, 2004-02-15 - 2004-05-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Turner and Venice (Tate Britain, 2003-10-09 - 2004-01-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
J. M. W. Turner (Musée du Louvre, 1983-10-14 - 1984-01-16) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Sir Geoffrey Agnew, Yale's 1700 Mellon Pictures, The Times (London), , April 28, 1977, p. 9, Times Digital Archive [ORBIS]
Timothy J. Barringer, Unto this last : two hundred years of John Ruskin, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2019, p. 131, no. 11, NJ18.R895 .B37 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 285, no. 92, pl. 92, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 92, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
John Ruskin, The works of John Ruskin, , George Allen, London, 1903-1912, p. 17 (v. 9), , PR5251 C66 1903 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Eric Shanes, The life and masterworks of J.M.W. Turner, Parkstone Press, New York, 2008, pp. 12-13, NJ18 T85 S441 2008 + OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
Ian Warrell, Turner and Venice, Tate Publishing, London, 2003, p. 171, NJ18 T85 W36 2003 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 184-185, no. 202, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 463, no. 1360, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]