Genoa

c. 1832

Medium	watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 5 x 8 1/4 in. (12.7 x 21 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.113
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Genoa, c. 1832, watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.113

Select Bibliography

Armstrong, Sir Walter. Turner. 2 volumes. London: T. Agnew; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Brown, David Blayney. Turner and Byron. London: Tate Publishing. 1992. Piggott, Jan. Turner's Vignettes. London: Tate Publishing. 1993. Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001. Wilton, Andrew. J. M. W. Turner, His Art and Life. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. Omer, Mordechai. Turner and the Poets: Engravings and Watercolours from His Later Period. Exhibition catalogue. London: Greater London Council, 1975. Hamilton, James. Turner e l'Italia. Exhibition catalogue Ferrara, Italy: Ferrara Arte, 2008. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

John Edward Taylor, sale, Christie’s, London, 5 July 1912, no. 160, sold to Agnew’s; [Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London, in 1912]; A. A. Allen (his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 4 Apr. 1935, no. 112); Mrs. Benskin; Mrs. John Fergusson-Cuninghame, her granddaughter, by descent, sale, Christie’s, London, 1 Nov. 1966, no. 151, sold to Johnson; [Oscar & Peter Johnson Ltd., Nov.–Dec. 1966, sold to Manton, Dec. 1966]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1966–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.