Turner 's Landscape: Composition at Tivoli, watercolour, exhibited Royal Academy 1818, Private Collection ( Wilton 495). Ruskin was aware of the artificiality of the composition, since Turner did not visit Tivoli until the following year.
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Landscape: Composition of Tivoli 1817
Watercolour, 67.6x102cm
Exhibitions: RA 1818 (474); Society of Painters in Watercolours 1823 (loan exhibition); RA 1974 (181)
Engraving:
Engraved by E. Goodall, 1827
Copper engraving, 40.3x60.3cm
Provenance: Drawn for John Allnutt, sale Christie 18/6/1863 (328), bt. Lord Ashburton; Lady Ashburton, sale Christie 1/6/1864 (22), bt. Sir John Fowler, sale Christie 6/5/1899 (31), bt. Agnew; Sir James Joicey; Agnew, to Miss Aguirre, Buenos Aires 1913; bt. Agnew from a South American collector, 1973
Further Comments: The engraving done in 1827 was for Allnutt. Goodall executed a second engraving of this subject for J. Burnet in 1859.
Collection: Private Collection
For a reproduction of this artistic work, please consult: Herrmann, Luke, Turner Prints, (Phaidon, 1990), p.141 or alternatively www.tate.org.uk/servlet/AWork?id=14751