Crossing the Brook

Crossing the Brook is an 1815 landscape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner. It depicts a view towards Plymouth down the Tamar valley. Turner gave the English countryside an Italianate look.^[1] He produced it based on sketches he had made during a trip to Devon in 1813.^[2]

Crossing the Brook
Artist	J. M. W. Turner
Year	1815
Type	Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions	193 cm × 165 cm (76 in × 65 in)
Location	Tate Britain, London

It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1815 at Somerset House along with Dido building Carthage.^[3] Today it is in the collection of the Tate Britain having been part of the Turner Bequest of 1856.^[4]

See also

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