Identified in Works, 3.251 as Approach to Venice (exhibited Royal Academy 1844, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Wilton P412).
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Approach to Venice 1844
Oil on canvas, 62x94cm
Exhibitions: RA 1844 (356); Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 1860; Liverpool Art Club 1881 (133); Manchester 1887 (613); Agnew 1896 (5); RA 1903 (37); Venice 1983-4 (14, repr. In colour)
Engraving:
Engraved by R. Wallis, 1859
Steel engraving, 39.7x59.5cm
Provenance: Wm.Wethered; B.G. Windus of Tottenham; sale Christie's 20/6/1853 (5), bt. Gambart; Charles Birch; sale Foster's 28/2/1856 (57), bt. ?Wells; Joseph Gillot by 1860; bt. In 1863 from Gambart by Agnew and sold to James Fallows; later 1863, exchanged by Fallows with Agnew, and sold to J. Smith; bt back from his executors, 1870, by Agnew and sold to W. Moir; bt from Mrs. Moir by Agnew, 1899; Sir Charles Tennent, Bt; bought by Knoedler from second Lord Glenconner, 1923; sold to Andrew Mellon, 1923, who later gave it to the National Gallery, Washington in 1937
Further Comments: The engraving by Wallis was published as a single plate in 1859 after the death of Turner.
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
For a reproduction of this artistic work, please consult: Brown, David B., Turner and Byron, (Tate Gallery Publications, 1992), p.69