Watercolour worlds: the vignettes of J.M.W. Turner & Beatrix Potter

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Lizzie Jacklin will explore JMW Turner and Beatrix Potter's approaches to small-scale watercolour vignette.

A watercolour of a palazzo with Lake Como in the background.

Dates

Wednesday 19 November

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Time

1-2pm 

Price

£4 per ticket (plus booking fee)

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Pre-booking essential.

About

This sit-down talk will explore two contrasting approaches to the small-scale watercolour vignette through the work of J.M.W. Turner, one of Britain’s best-known landscape painters, and Beatrix Potter, one of Britain’s best-loved children’s book illustrators. This talk, along with the exceptional loans of seven Turner watercolours from Tate for the exhibition Miniature Worlds: Little Landscapes from Thomas Bewick to Beatrix Potter, sees the Laing mark the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth in 2025. 

With Lizzie Jacklin, Keeper of Art at the Laing and curator of Miniature Worlds

The talk will  last approximately 45 minutes, with time afterwards for questions. 

This talk is part of the events programme for the exhibition Miniature Worlds: Little Landscapes from Thomas Bewick to Beatrix Potter. Please note that if you would like to visit the exhibition before or after the talk, you will need to purchase an exhibition ticket on site.


Watercolours Related to Samuel Rogers's Italy, Lake of Como, II (A Farewell), for Rogers's 'Italy', c.1826-27, Joseph Mallord William Turner. Tate, accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest. Photo: Tate.