Morning amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland

Morning amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Yearexhibited 1798
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions122.9 cm × 89.9 cm (48.4 in × 35.4 in)
AccessionN00461
Websitetate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-morning-amongst-the-coniston-fells-cumberland-n00461

Morning amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland, is a painting by J. M. W. Turner (23 April 1775 - 19 December 1851), painted c. 1798.[1] It depicts the Old Man of Coniston, Cumbria, England.[2]

In the catalogue of the Royal Academy from 1798, when verses were allowed for the first time, Turner included four lines from Paradise Lost, Book V:

—"Ye mists and exhalations that now rise

"From hill or streaming[sic] lake, dusky or gray,

"Till the sun paints your fleecy skirts with gold,

"In honour to the world's great Author, rise."[3]

The Whitehall Evening Post of May 10-12, 1798 reviewed the painting as "a beautiful and well-executed landscape. The distance is so admirably preserved, as to induce a momentary deception, and appears as if the Spectator might actually walk into the picture."[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Morning amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Morning amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland', Joseph Mallord William Turner, exhibited 1798 | Tate". Tate.
  3. ^ "The exhibition of the Royal Academy, MDCCXCVIII. (1798). The thirtieth. | Exhibition Catalogues | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Morning amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland". Tate. Archived from the original on 10 February 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.


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