Artwork Details
11-1/16 x 15-1/16 in. (image) 14-3/8 x 19-1/2 in. (sheet)
Accession NumberGift in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Hugo O. Pantzer by their children by exchange, Bequest of Evelyn Fortune Bartlett, Gift of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Nicholas H. Noyes Fund, the James E Roberts Fund and the E. Hardey Adriance Fine Arts Acquisition Fund in memory of Marguerite Hardey Adriance
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color PaletteCharles Sackville Bale [1791-1880], London, England; (Christie’s, London), Bale Sale 14 May 1881, lot 198; purchased by Brown; Honorable Francis Baring; (Christie’s, London), Baring Sale 03 June 1893, lot 1; purchased by (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London); purchased by John Edward Taylor, Manchester and London; (Christie’s, London), Taylor Estate Sale 05 July 1912, lot 51; purchased by A.A. Allen (nephew) through Thomas Agnew & Sons and thence by descent; (James Mackinnon, London); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1997.
The 70-foot fall of the River Tees is one of the grandest in England, though not as grand as Turner remembered it in painting this watercolor ten years after his first visit. This new rendition inaugurated his series Picturesque Views in England and Wales.
The miniscule figure of an artist sketching at the foot of the fall might well represent Turner himself.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Journey into Light: Travels with J.M.W. Turner
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
July 24, 2020 - December 6, 2020
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