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Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet Boat in the Evening

Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet Boat in the Evening
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1826
TypeOil on canvas, landscape
Dimensions168.6 cm × 224.2 cm (66.4 in × 88.3 in)
LocationFrick Collection, New York City

Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet Boat in the Evening is an 1826 landscape painting by the British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner.[1] [2] It shows a scene as the Rhine River passes through the city of Cologne as a packet boat arrives. Visible on the skyline to the right is Great St. Martin Church, Cologne.

It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's 1826 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House along with the artist's Mortlake Terrace. Today it is in the Frick Collection in New York.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Trotter p.57
  2. ^ Hamilton p.156
  3. ^ https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/turner/60

Bibliography

  • Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
  • Hamilton, James. Turner's Britain. Merrell, 2003.
  • Reynolds, Graham. Turner. Thames & Hudson, 2022.
  • Shanes, Eric. Turner: The Life and Masterworks. Parkstone, 2004.
  • Trotter, David. Cooking with Mud: The Idea of Mess in Nineteenth-century Art and Fiction. Oxford University Press, 2000.
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