Artwork
Crossing the Brook
Crossing the Brook is an oil painting by the British Romanticist artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. It dates from 1815 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery.
About this work
Crossing the Brook is a landscape painting. It was made by J.M.W. Turner in 1815.
The painting depicts a view towards Plymouth down the Tamar valley. Turner gave the English countryside an Italianate look, which is interesting. He produced it based on sketches he had made during a trip to Devon in 1813.
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Overview
Crossing the Brook is a landscape painting executed in oil paint by J.M.W. Turner in 1815.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a view down the Tamar valley towards Plymouth, presenting the English countryside with an Italianate character. It is based on sketches Turner made during a 1813 trip to Devon.
History & Provenance
The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1815 alongside Dido building Carthage. It is now part of the Tate Britain collection, having been included in the Turner Bequest of 1856.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in 1775 at Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, where his father kept a barber and wig-making shop.
