| Crossing the Brook | |
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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1815 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 193 cm× 165 cm(76 in× 65 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
Crossing the Brook is an 1815 landscape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner. It depicts a view towards Plymouth down the Tamar valley. Turner gave the English countryside an Italianate look. [1] He produced it based on sketches he had made during a trip to Devon in 1813. [2]
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It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1815 at Somerset House along with Dido building Carthage. [3] Today it is in the collection of the Tate Britain having been part of the Turner Bequest of 1856. [4]
