Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
A Paddle-Steamer in a Storm on Lake Lucerne
Date:
ca. 1841
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (23.2 x 28.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper center: "B 2"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4717
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
clouds | clouds | marine art | marine art | steamboat | steamboats | lake | movement | air | smoke | science | meteorology | technology | rain | wind | lightning | storm
Associated Places:
United Kingdom | Hebrides, Sea of the | Hebrides | Scotland | Europe | Lucerne, Lake
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)

Turner 1996 (National Gallery of Australia, 1996-03-17 - 1996-06-10)

Turner 1996 (National Gallery of Victoria, 1996-06-23 - 1996-09-09)

Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19)

Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20)

Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Unto this last : two hundred years of John Ruskin, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2019, p. 205, no. 42, NJ18.R895 .B37 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)

John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, pp. 285-286, no. 93, pl. 93, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Michael Lloyd, Turner, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1996, pp. 52, 235, no. 85, NJ18 T85 L57 1996 + (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 93, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

William S. Rodner, J.M.W. Turner : Romantic painter of the Industrial Revolution, , University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1997, p. 45, ND497 T85 R63 1997 (YCBA)

Simon Schama, The Yale Centre for British Art, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, , May 20, 1977, p. 620, TLS Historical Archive

Tony Smibert, Turner's Apprentice : a watercolour class, Thames and Hudson, 2020, p. 35r, NJ18.T85 S65 2020 Oversize (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 478, no. 1484, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, Turner and the sublime, British Museum Publications, London, 1980, pp. 183-184, no. 113, NJ18 T85 W579 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5494