One of Twenty Vignettes - Hohenlinden
About this artwork
The battle fought at Hohenlinden, east of Munich, in December 1800 ended in a decisive victory for the French Revolutionary forces of Jean Moreau over Austrian and Bavarian troops, led by Archduke John of Austria. Thomas Campbell was travelling in Germany at the time and had witnessed fighting at Regensburg that both disturbed and inspired him. His poem Hohenlinden was published in 1802. In Turner’s illustration, cannons are fired at short range into a melee of cavalry troops, beneath appropriately stormy skies.
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artist:Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) English
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title:One of Twenty Vignettes - Hohenlinden
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date created:About 1835
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materials:Watercolour over pencil on paper
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measurements:13.50 x 10.00 cm (framed: 45.10 x 39.70 x 2.80 cm)
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credit line:Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Gallery of Scotland, 1988
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accession number:D 5161
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner transformed the art of landscape painting in Britain. From detailed topographical studies to expansive, atmospheric vistas his works celebrate the diversity and emotive power of nature. He was born in Covent Garden, the son of a barber, and exhibited his earliest sketches in his father's...