Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet Boat in the Evening

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.

Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet Boat in the Evening
Artist	J. M. W. Turner
Year	1826
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	168.6 cm × 224.2 cm (66.4 in × 88.3 in)
Location	Frick Collection, New York City
Accession	1914.1.119
Website	collections.frick.org/objects/136/cologne-the-arrival-of-a-packetboat-evening

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

• List of paintings by J. M. W. Turner