Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Newark - upon - Trent
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 16 1/2 inches (30.5 x 41.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, on mount, center: "New wark upon Trent - | J MW Turner"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1619
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sailboats | windmill | genre subject | cityscape | reflection | marine art | architectural subject | bridge (built work) | river | ruins
Associated Places:
Nottinghamshire | Trent | England | Europe | Newark-on-Trent | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Turner's Britain (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 2003-11-07 - 2004-02-08)

J. M. W. Turner - The Foundations of Genius (The Taft Museum, 1986-09-18 - 1986-11-02)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 154-6, no. III.27, pl. 130, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 318, No. 168, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5465