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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.509
People
Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Title
Bally-burgh Ness
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1834-1835
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297803

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gouache, with extensive scratchwork, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
8.3 x 13.5 cm (3 1/4 x 5 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.509
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 9, 11, 40, 46, 47, 53, p. 76 note 10, cat. no. 60 pp. 109-110, detail repr. p. 47 as fig. 16
  • Gerald Finley, Landscapes of Memory: Turner as Illustrator to Scott, Scolar Press (London, 1980), fig. 80, p. 258 note 52
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Susan C. Ricci, "The Last Ruskinians", American Art Review (March -April 2007), XIX, no. 2, pp. 80-89, repr. p. 87
  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 139, repr.
  • Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), pp. 25-26, repr. as fig. 2 on p. 26

Exhibition History

  • Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977
  • Portrait, Prospect and Poetry: British Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Bequest, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/1993 - 11/07/1993
  • Precision and Prestige: The Arts of Engraving, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2001 - 12/02/2001
  • HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/08/2008 - 04/06/2008

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