# The Lake of Zug, in Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner painted this in 1843, aged 68. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> The Lake of Zug in central Switzerland lies beneath mountains that dissolve into luminous haze, with a few small boats on the water. Turner made this watercolour in 1843 as one of a group of late Swiss views based on sketches from his summer tours and offered to collectors through his agent.

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## The work

- Date: 1843
- Medium: Watercolor and bodycolor (gouache) with reductive techniques over graphite
- Dimensions: 11 3/4 × 18 3/8 in. (29.8 × 46.6 cm) Framed: 21 × 27 in. (53.3 × 68.6 cm)
- Type: Drawings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 59.120
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Joseph Mallord William Turner](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner), English, 1775–1851

Turner, a London barber’s son, entered the Royal Academy Schools at fourteen and was elected a full Academician at twenty-six. Travelling constantly in Britain and on the Continent, he filled hundreds of sketchbooks and made thousands of watercolours.

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