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The Battle of Fort Rock, Val d’Aouste, Piedmont, 1796

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Exhibited 1815

Description

This watercolour, representing a semi-fictional encounter during Napoleon''s invasion of Italy in 1796, was exhibited by Turner at the Royal Academy in 1815 to mark the end of the Napoleonic War. Years later, however, when his Queen Anne Street house was in decline, it was observed by visitors blocking up a broken window. This neglect was not unique, for a picture, Fishing upon the Blythe-Sand, also on display in this gallery, was seen in use as a cat flap.
Gallery label, August 2004
Medium: Gouache and watercolour on paper
Credit line: 'Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856'

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CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 (Unported)

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Location

Aosta Valley, Italy

Country

Italy

Medium

Watercolour