Near the Thames' Lock, Windsor
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1809
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
890 x 1180 mm
Place of origin
Windsor
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486631
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Windsor Castle by Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851). A circa 1809 scene by J.M.W. Turner of the Thames and Windsor Castle (TATE/(T03877). The river is across the foreground with boys bathing from both banks. At left is a sluice with large trees beyond to the left and right. Through a vista in the centre is a square tower rising against the sky with smoke at the foot. In the left distance is Windsor Castle against the sky.
Provenance
Bought from Turner's Gallery in 1809 by George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837). Thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by HM Treasury. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax. Allocated to Tate in 1984 and on long-term loan from Tate to the National Trust at Petworth.
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of tax and allocated to the Tate Gallery 1984. In situ at Petworth House
Marks and inscriptions
J.M.W. Turner R A
Makers and roles
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851), artist