Turner in the Tate Collection

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Turner in the Tate Collection is written by David Blayney Brown and published by Tate Gallery Publication. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1854373560 (ISBN 10) and 9781854373564 (ISBN 13).

The Tate owns the largest collection of J.M.W. Turner's work, its Clore Gallery houses the Turner Bequest - the paintings, watercolours, drawings, sketchbooks acquired from the artist's estate in 1856. Focusing on 120 works, this volume provides a survey of all the aspects of the Tate Turner collections, introducing not only familiar masterpieces but many other works - such as sheets from sketchbooks or prints. These are included to highlight Turner's achievements and the many themes in his work such as landscape, ideal and naturalistic, British and European, ancient and modern history, marine subjects, literary illustration and images of modern life.