Coniston Water with Tent Lodge: 2477

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Titles

Coniston Water with Tent Lodge

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Walter Fawkes; Admiral Fawkes; A.W. Fawkes

Measurements and weight

Height: 501 mm
Width: 660 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1942) by Fawkes, A.W.

Dating

Production date: AD 1818

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour on grey paper, faded

Inscription or legends present

Text: Painted in 1818 by J.M.W. Turner / for Walter Fawkes, Esq., of Farnley Hall / Tent Lodge Coniston C. Fawkes
Location: Backboard
Method of creation: Label

Text: Conistone (sic) Not hung (in graphite)
Location: Backboard
Method of creation: Label

References and bibliographic entries

The Life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. page(s): 480
J.M.W. Turner, R.A. 1775-1851; a catalogue of Drawings and Watercolours in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 46-7
The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2477
Primary reference Number: 13939
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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