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Human-Made Object
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watercolor
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landscape
300033973
drawing
300033973
Drawing & Watercolor
Vesuvius in Eruption
Inscribed in graphite, verso, on mount, center: "<37> (encircled)"; in graphite, verso, center: "Mount Vesuvius in Eruption | J M W Turner R.a 1817"
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
B1975.4.1857
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12902531
Not on view
Yale Center for British Art
41.3080060, -72.9306282
11 1/4 x 15 5/8 inches (28.6 x 39.7 cm)
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._W._Turner
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J. M. W. Turner R. A.
JMW Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
Turner Joseph Mallord William, 1775–1851
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
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1851
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Artist
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watercolorist
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between 1817 and 1820
1817
1820
24
19th century
Watercolor, gum, scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
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gum
300014187
wove paper
300015045
watercolor
300053711
scraping out
Eruptions: Pompeii and Santorini (Scuderie del Quirinale, 2019-10-05 - 2020-01-19)
997
300054766
exhibition
Eruptions: Pompeii and Santorini
Yale Center for British Art
Scuderie del Quirinale
ycba_actor_13497
Scuderie del Quirinale
0
0
2019-10-05 - 2020-01-19
2019-10-05
2020-01-19
Scuderie del Quirinale
ycba_actor_13497
Scuderie del Quirinale
Roma
7000874
Roma
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
851
https://media.art.yale.edu/content/lux/exb/3979.json
300054766
exhibition
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860
Yale Center for British Art
Yale University Art Gallery
ycba_actor_1258
https://viaf.org/viaf/158793816
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303559
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1568434
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79129213
Yale University Art Gallery
YUAG
0
0
2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26
2015-03-06
2015-07-26
Yale University Art Gallery
ycba_actor_1258
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79129213
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303559
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1568434
https://viaf.org/viaf/158793816
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven
7014210
New Haven
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
248
300054766
exhibition
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
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BAC
YCBA
Yale Center for British Art
British Art Center
1977
0
66
Lender
2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29
2007-04-18
2007-07-29
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven
7014210
New Haven
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
248
300054766
exhibition
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy
Yale Center for British Art
Royal Academy of Arts
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RA
Royal Academy of Arts
0
0
300311675
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2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27
2007-10-20
2008-01-27
Royal Academy of Arts
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http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q270920
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Royal Academy of Arts
Piccadilly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly
Piccadilly
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
252
https://britishart.yale.edu/node/656
300054766
exhibition
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
BAC
YCBA
Yale Center for British Art
British Art Center
1977
0
300025633
Curator
2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29
2007-04-18
2007-07-29
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven
7014210
New Haven
300435424
To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Yale Center for British Art and the centennial of the birth of its founder Paul Mellon (Yale College Class of 1929), the Center mounted a major exhibition showcasing Mr. Mellon’s extraordinary collection of paintings, watercolors, rare books, and manuscripts. Paul Mellon’s Legacy: A Passion for British Art was displayed across all three floors of the Center’s public exhibition galleries. — —
Venues — —
Yale Center for British Art: April 18–July 29, 2007 — —
Royal Academy of Arts, London: October 20, 2007–January 27, 2008 — —
Credits — —
Paul Mellon’s Legacy was curated by Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London; John Baskett, friend and art advisor to Paul Mellon; and MaryAnne Stevens, Acting Secretary and Senior Curator, Royal Academy of Arts, London, in collaboration with the curators of the Yale Center for British Art. At the Center, Paul Mellon’s Legacy was supported by Bank of New York Mellon and Mr. and Mrs. Bart T. Tiernan, Yale LL.B. 1968. — —
Yale Center for British Art
Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19)
302
300054766
exhibition
Turner and the Sublime
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
YCBA
BAC
Yale Center for British Art
British Art Center
1977
0
66
Lender
1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19
1981-02-11
1981-04-19
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
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https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
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Yale Center for British Art
New Haven
7014210
New Haven
Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20)
302
300054766
exhibition
Turner and the Sublime
Yale Center for British Art
British Museum
ycba_actor_2666
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http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500125180
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79107735
The British Museum
BM
British Museum
British Museum
1753
0
1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20
1981-05-15
1981-09-20
British Museum
ycba_actor_2666
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http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6373
https://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60w2228
https://viaf.org/viaf/134857252
British Museum
London
7011781
London
Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04)
302
300054766
exhibition
Turner and the Sublime
Yale Center for British Art
Art Gallery of Ontario
ycba_actor_2772
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500245617
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q670250
https://viaf.org/viaf/151879312
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81063191
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario
0
0
300311675
Borrower
1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04
1980-11-01
1981-01-04
Art Gallery of Ontario
ycba_actor_2772
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81063191
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500245617
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q670250
https://viaf.org/viaf/151879312
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto
7013284
Toronto
Visions of Vesuvius (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1978-04-14 - 1978-07-16)
272
300054766
exhibition
Visions of Vesuvius
Yale Center for British Art
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
ycba_actor_2775
https://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6290xtg
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q49133
https://viaf.org/viaf/151846308
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500305147
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79058410
MFA
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
0
0
300311675
Borrower
1978-04-14 - 1978-07-16
1978-04-14
1978-07-16
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
ycba_actor_2775
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79058410
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500305147
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q49133
https://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6290xtg
https://viaf.org/viaf/151846308
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston
7013445
Boston
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
568
300054766
exhibition
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
Yale Center for British Art
BAC
YCBA
British Art Center
1977
0
63
Organizer
1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17
1977-04-19
1977-07-17
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven
7014210
New Haven
5472
10632000
V 2414:2
10632000
2612
300054686
publication event
^Art, Lux, et Veritas 2012, Personal Responses to Collections at Yale ^, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2012, pp. 38-41, V 2414:2
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
300025574
Publisher
Yale University Art Gallery
ycba_actor_1258
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79129213
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http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1568434
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Yale University Art Gallery
300025574
Publisher
2012
2012
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New Haven
5472
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300054686
publication event
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, p. 284, no. 89, pl. 89, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
John Baskett
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Baskett John
300025492
Author
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
300025574
Publisher
2007
2007
2007
New Haven, CT
5472
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300054686
publication event
Martin Butlin, ^The paintings of J.M.W. Turner^, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1984, pp. 96-97, no. 132, pl. 136, NJ18 T85 B885 1984 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Martin Butlin
ycba_actor_8278
Butlin Martin
300025492
Author
Evelyn Joll
ycba_actor_8110
Joll Evelyn
300025492
Author
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
ycba_actor_5853
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79109777
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500301928
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7152454
https://viaf.org/viaf/131545782
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
300025574
Publisher
1984
1984
1984
New Haven
5472
5396123
N5056 .M35 M25 1857 (YCBA)
187494888
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300054686
publication event
^Catalogue of the art treasures of the United Kingdom : collected at Manchester in 1857.^, Bradbury and Evans, London, p. 188, no. 319, N5056 .M35 M25 1857 (YCBA) Also available in Hathitrust
Yale Center for British Art
Bradbury and Evans
ycba_actor_9706
Bradbury and Evans
300025574
Publisher
0
0
London
5472
Not Available at Yale
1686
300054686
publication event
Emily Dickinson Museum, ^Angles of a Landscape, Emily Dickinson: Seeing New Englandly ^, 2010, Not Available at Yale
Yale Center for British Art
Emily Dickinson Museum
ycba_actor_9724
Emily Dickinson Museum
300025492
Author
2010
2010
2010
5472
12270
NJ18 T85 F55 1961 (YCBA)
1069914
1993
300054686
publication event
A. J. Finberg, ^The life of J. M. W. Turner, R.A. : with a supplment by Hilda F. Finberg, ^, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1961, pp. 273-4, 482, no. 256, NJ18 T85 F55 1961 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
A. J. Finberg, 1866–1939, British
ycba_actor_5133
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18559683
Finberg Alexander Joseph
300025492
Author
Hilda F. Finberg
ycba_actor_11060
Finberg Hilda F.
300403974
contributor
Clarendon Press
ycba_actor_8334
Clarendon Press
300025574
Publisher
1961
1961
1961
Oxford
5472
Not Available at Yale
1948
300054686
publication event
Norbert Göttler, ^Eine rechte Malerluft, ein wahres Malerlicht, Künstlerkolonien, Malerorte und pittoreske Landpartien in Oberbayern ^, Bayerland, Dachau, 2011, pp. 8-10, Not Available at Yale
Yale Center for British Art
Norbert Göttler
ycba_actor_10744
Göttler Norbert
300025492
Author
Bayerland
ycba_actor_10745
Bayerland
300025574
Publisher
2011
2011
2011
Dachau
5472
580998
NJ18 .T85 C68 + Oversize (YCBA)
16110931
5142
300054686
publication event
^J. M. W. Turner : A selection of paintings and watercolors in the Yale Center for British Art^, New Haven, 1983, pp. 10, 14, no. 12, pl. 10, NJ18 .T85 C68 + Oversize (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
1983
1983
1983
New Haven
5472
466842
N1 A54 + (YCBA)
01481683
1678
300054686
publication event
Jonathan Mayne, ^Taste in Water-Colour^, Apollo, v. 77, no. 14, April 1963, p. 293, fig. 6, N1 A54 + (YCBA) Second copy available in Vertical File : V1168
Yale Center for British Art
Jonathan Mayne
ycba_actor_9716
Mayne Jonathan
300025492
Author
April 1963
1963
1963
5472
3518046
ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
2187354
230
300054686
publication event
^Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, ^, 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 95, no. 142, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
ycba_actor_1286
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046025
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500310718
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4013975
https://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6991x8v
https://viaf.org/viaf/148748621
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
300025574
Publisher
1963
1963
1963
Richmond, VA
5472
7964230
N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
701808157
190
300054686
publication event
^Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], ^, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 89, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
300025574
Publisher
2007
2007
2007
New Haven, CT
5472
8343165
NJ18 T85 S441 2008 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
1152935523
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300054686
publication event
Eric Shanes, ^The life and masterworks of J.M.W. Turner^, Parkstone Press, New York, 2008, p. 135, NJ18 T85 S441 2008 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Eric Shanes
ycba_actor_8375
Shanes Eric
300025492
Author
Parkstone Press
ycba_actor_9339
Parkstone Press
300025574
Publisher
2008
2008
2008
New York
5472
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V 2574 (YCBA)
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3469
300054686
publication event
^The critique of reason : Romantic art, 1760-1860 : March 6-July 26, 2015, Yale University Art Gallery^, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2015, [pp. 2-3], fig. 2, V 2574 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Yale University Art Gallery
ycba_actor_1258
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79129213
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303559
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1568434
https://viaf.org/viaf/158793816
Yale University Art Gallery
300025574
Publisher
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
300025574
Publisher
2015
2015
2015
New Haven
5472
38152
NJ18 T85 T38 1904 (YCBA)
1130251035
2955
300054686
publication event
Walter Thornbury, ^Life of J.M.W. Turner , R.A. founded on letters and papers furnished by his friends and fellow-academicians, with 8 coloured illustrations after Turner's originals and 2 woodcuts ^, Chatto & Windus, London, 1904, p. 590, NJ18 T85 T38 1904 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Walter Thornbury
ycba_actor_11782
Thornbury Walter
300025492
Author
Chatto & Windus
ycba_actor_8649
Chatto & Windus
300025574
Publisher
1904
1904
1904
London
5472
137485
DG70 .P4 T73 (SML)
03186631
5463
300054686
publication event
Raleigh Trevelyan, ^The shadow of Vesuvius : Pompeii AD 79^, London, 1976, pp. 82-3, 127, fig. 61, DG70 .P4 T73 (SML)
Yale Center for British Art
Raleigh Trevelyan
ycba_actor_24796
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50011663
Trevelyan Raleigh
300025492
Author
Joseph
ycba_actor_24797
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011061860
Joseph
300025492
Author
1976
1976
1976
London
5472
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846703368
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300054686
publication event
Ian Warrell, ^J.M.W. Turner : the making of a master^, Tate Publishing, London, 2013, pp. 149, 152, fig. 53, NJ18.T85 T3652 2013 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Ian Warrell
ycba_actor_8253
Warrell Ian
300025526
editor
Tate Publishing
ycba_actor_8079
Tate Publishing
300025574
Publisher
2013
2013
2013
London
5472
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NJ18 T85 A12 2007 + (YCBA)
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300054686
publication event
Ian Warrell, ^J.M.W. Turner^, Tate Publishing, London, 2007, p. 255, fig. 58, NJ18 T85 A12 2007 + (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Ian Warrell
ycba_actor_8253
Warrell Ian
300025526
editor
Tate Publishing
ycba_actor_8079
Tate Publishing
300025574
Publisher
2007
2007
2007
London
5472
609607
Q125.6 .W54 1978 + Oversize (LSF)
02875754
5462
300054686
publication event
L. Pearce Williams, ^Album of science : The nineteenth century^, Scribner, New York, 1978, pp. 141-3, fig. 217, Q125.6 .W54 1978 + Oversize (LSF)
Yale Center for British Art
L. Pearce Williams
ycba_actor_24795
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79032316
Williams L. Pearce
300025492
Author
Scribner
ycba_actor_8848
Scribner
300025574
Publisher
1978
1978
1978
New York
5472
207958
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5580881
1535
300054686
publication event
Andrew Wilton, ^The life and work of J.M.W. Turner^, Academy Editions, London, 1979, pp. 137, 381, No. 697, pl. 145, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Andrew Wilton
ycba_actor_1892
Wilton Andrew
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Author
Academy Editions
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Academy Editions
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Publisher
1979
1979
1979
London
5472
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acquisition
Yale Center for British Art
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YCBA
BAC
Yale Center for British Art
British Art Center
1977
0
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Owner
1975-01-01
1975-01-01
1975-01-01
300138913
gift
Joseph Mallord William Turner’s dramatic representation of Mount Vesuvius is one of numerous artistic iterations of erupting volcanoes from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. Turner visited Naples and ascended Vesuvius in 1819; however, he never witnessed an eruption firsthand and this composition likely preceded his Italian sojourn. His imagined conception of the natural disaster reflects an interest in the aesthetics of the sublime as well as a subtle awareness of breakthroughs in geology. The study of volcanoes in the eighteenth century contributed to a paradigmatic shift in the scientific community, specifically surrounding the age of the earth and the evolution of its landmasses.
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Gallery label
2015
The eighteenth-century fascination with volcanoes, and Vesuvius in particular, deepened in the nineteenth century, fuelled by the eruptions of Vesuvius in 1794, 1807, 1819, and 1822. Turner was alert to both the intellectual and aesthetic possibilities that the evolving discipline of geology offered; he cultivated friendships with pioneering geologists, including John MacCulloch and Charles Stokes, and his sketchbooks contain detailed records of geological phenomena.
During the second decade of the nineteenth century Turner, a keen proponent of the Sublime, had his own burst of volcanic activity. In 1815 he exhibited his canvas “The Eruption of the Souffrier Mountains, in the Island of St Vincent” (Butlin and Joll, 1984, no. 132); two years later the print publisher W. B. Cooke commissioned Turner to make companion watercolors of Vesuvius, showing the volcano in eruption and repose (Wilton, “Turner”, 1979, nos. 698–99). This watercolor, the third of the group and the most spectacular, would also have been made around the same time as Cooke's drawings, if the inscription on the back, which is not in Turner's hand, is correct.
Turner did not visit Italy until 1819, and he may have based the Vesuvius drawings on the work of another draftsman, most likely James Hakewill, whose sketches Turner used for a group of watercolors commissioned as designs for Hakewill’s publication “Picturesque Tour of Italy”. Although the Center’s Vesuvius drawing was neither exhibited nor engraved, its extremely high degree of finish suggests that Turner had made it for a specific purpose, perhaps as a commission. Although Turner's patron Walter Fawkes owned the watercolor, it was not included in Fawkes’s exhibition of his collection at his London house in 1819, which featured his outstanding holdings of Turner’s work. The work was probably acquired by Fawkes (and possibly even made) sometime later. --- ---
Gillian Forrester --- ---
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, p. 284, no. 89, pl. 89, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
5472
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Published catalog entry
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Gillian Forrester
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Author
2007-01
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Grand Tour
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Italy
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Italy
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Vesuvius
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Europe
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Campania
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Campania
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Art, Lux, et Veritas 2012, Personal Responses to Collections at Yale, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2012, pp. 38-41, V 2414:2
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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, p. 284, no. 89, pl. 89, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
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related to
Martin Butlin, The paintings of J.M.W. Turner, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1984, pp. 96-97, no. 132, pl. 136, NJ18 T85 B885 1984 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
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related to
Catalogue of the art treasures of the United Kingdom : collected at Manchester in 1857., Bradbury and Evans, London, p. 188, no. 319, N5056 .M35 M25 1857 (YCBA) Also available in Hathitrust
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N5056 .M35 M25 1857 (YCBA)
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related to
Emily Dickinson Museum, Angles of a Landscape, Emily Dickinson: Seeing New Englandly, 2010, Not Available at Yale
Not Available at Yale
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related to
A. J. Finberg, The life of J. M. W. Turner, R.A. : with a supplment by Hilda F. Finberg, , Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1961, pp. 273-4, 482, no. 256, NJ18 T85 F55 1961 (YCBA)
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NJ18 T85 F55 1961 (YCBA)
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1993
related to
Norbert Göttler, Eine rechte Malerluft, ein wahres Malerlicht, Künstlerkolonien, Malerorte und pittoreske Landpartien in Oberbayern, Bayerland, Dachau, 2011, pp. 8-10, Not Available at Yale
Not Available at Yale
1948
related to
J. M. W. Turner : A selection of paintings and watercolors in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1983, pp. 10, 14, no. 12, pl. 10, NJ18 .T85 C68 + Oversize (YCBA)
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related to
Jonathan Mayne, Taste in Water-Colour, Apollo, v. 77, no. 14, April 1963, p. 293, fig. 6, N1 A54 + (YCBA) Second copy available in Vertical File : V1168
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N1 A54 + (YCBA)
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related to
Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 95, no. 142, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
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ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
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related to
Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 89, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
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related to
Eric Shanes, The life and masterworks of J.M.W. Turner, Parkstone Press, New York, 2008, p. 135, NJ18 T85 S441 2008 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
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related to
The critique of reason : Romantic art, 1760-1860 : March 6-July 26, 2015, Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2015, [pp. 2-3], fig. 2, V 2574 (YCBA)
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V 2574 (YCBA)
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related to
Walter Thornbury, Life of J.M.W. Turner , R.A. founded on letters and papers furnished by his friends and fellow-academicians, with 8 coloured illustrations after Turner's originals and 2 woodcuts, Chatto & Windus, London, 1904, p. 590, NJ18 T85 T38 1904 (YCBA)
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related to
Raleigh Trevelyan, The shadow of Vesuvius : Pompeii AD 79, London, 1976, pp. 82-3, 127, fig. 61, DG70 .P4 T73 (SML)
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DG70 .P4 T73 (SML)
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related to
Ian Warrell, J.M.W. Turner : the making of a master, Tate Publishing, London, 2013, pp. 149, 152, fig. 53, NJ18.T85 T3652 2013 (YCBA)
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NJ18.T85 T3652 2013 (YCBA)
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related to
Ian Warrell, J.M.W. Turner, Tate Publishing, London, 2007, p. 255, fig. 58, NJ18 T85 A12 2007 + (YCBA)
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related to
L. Pearce Williams, Album of science : The nineteenth century, Scribner, New York, 1978, pp. 141-3, fig. 217, Q125.6 .W54 1978 + Oversize (LSF)
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related to
Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, pp. 137, 381, No. 697, pl. 145, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
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related to
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Yale Center for British Art
https://britishart.yale.edu
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Public Domain
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
5472
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Item
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Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5472
oai:tms.ycba.yale.edu:5472
https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/v2/ycba/obj/5472
https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/ycba/obj/5472
IIIF manifest
Yale Center for British Art
500303557
Yale Center for British Art