Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
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"
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:
marine art | boats | cityscape | canal | canal | buildings | dome | steeples | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Venice | Italy | Venezia | Veneto | Europe | Grand Canal
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Turner and Venice (Tate Britain, 2003-10-09 - 2004-01-11)

Turner and Venice (Kimbell Art Museum, 2004-02-15 - 2004-05-30)

Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)

J. M. W. Turner (Musée du Louvre, 1983-10-14 - 1984-01-16)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Sir Geoffrey Agnew, Yale's 1700 Mellon Pictures, The Times (London), , April 28, 1977, p. 9, Times Digital Archive

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)

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)

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)

John Ruskin, The works of John Ruskin, , George Allen, London, 1903-1912, p. 17 (v. 9), , PR5251 C66 1903 (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)

Ian Warrell, Turner and Venice, Tate Publishing, London, 2003, p. 171, NJ18 T85 W36 2003 OVERSIZE (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)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 463, no. 1360, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5487