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.
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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1826 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape |
| Dimensions | 168.6 cm × 224.2 cm (66.4 in × 88.3 in) |
| Location | Frick Collection, New York City |
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
editReferences
edit- ^ Trotter p.57
- ^ Hamilton p.156
- ^ https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/turner/60
Bibliography
edit- 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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