London from Greenwich Park

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London from Greenwich Park
Joseph Mallord William Turner - London from Greenwich Park - Google Art Project.jpg
Artist J. M. W. Turner
Year1809
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions90 cm× 120 cm(35 in× 47 in)
Location Tate Britain, London

London from Greenwich Park is an 1809 landscape painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. [1] It looks down from Greenwich Hill towards Greenwich Hospital and the Queen's House. In the distance beyond the River Thames is the City of London with St Paul's Cathedral towering over the other buildings. It emphasises the extent of the capital as an expanding metropolis. [2] It replicates a similar view by the Dutch painter Hendrick Danckerts dating back to 1670.

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1670 view of Greenwich by Hendrick Danckerts Hendrick Danckerts (1625-1680) - A View of Greenwich and the Queen's House from the South-East - BHC1818 - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg
1670 view of Greenwich by Hendrick Danckerts

It was displayed at Turner's own studio in Queen Anne Street in Marylebone. As part of the Turner Bequest in 1856, it came into the hands of the British government. It is now in the Tate Britain collection. [3]

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References

  1. Finley p.87-88
  2. Robinson p.8-9
  3. "'London from Greenwich Park', Joseph Mallord William Turner, exhibited 1809".

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