Ville de Thun: Switzerland
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 - 1851
Summary
This is a landscape with a town by the edge of a lake. An expanse of water can be seen to the right, with a jetty to the centre foreground. There are two women standing on the jetty and a gondola to the right edge with a man holding a pole stood at the left end of it. A town with medieval turrets can be seen on the far side of the water. There are trees to the left bank and some barrels on the shore in the foreground.
Object Name
Ville de Thun: Switzerland
Creators Name
Date Created
1816
Dimensions
plate mark: 20.8cm x 29cm
support: 29cm x 42.7cm
accession number
1918.1009/17
Collection Group
Place of creation
England
Support
paper
Medium
ink (brown)
Credit
Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection, 1918
